            UNITED STATES NAVY-MARINE CORPS
               COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                    WASHINGTON, D.C.

                               Before
            J.A. FISCHER, B.T. PALMER, M.A. WHITSON
                      Appellate Military Judges

                   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                               v.

                     MICHAEL A. CHARLES
            LANCE CORPORAL (E-3), U.S. MARINE CORPS

                        NMCCA 201500278
                    SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL

Sentence Adjudged: 28 April 2015.
Military Judge: CAPT Charles Purnell II, JAGC, USN.
Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, Marine Corps
Security Force Regiment, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown-
Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, VA.
Staff Judge Advocate's Recommendation: Maj C.G. Blosser,
USMC.
For Appellant: CDR Brendan Curran, JAGC, USN.
For Appellee: Mr. Brian Keller, Esq.

                       14 January 2016

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                    OPINION OF THE COURT
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     After careful consideration of the record, submitted
without assignment of error, we affirm the findings and sentence
as approved by the convening authority. Art. 66(c), Uniform
Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c).


                              For the Court



                              R.H. TROIDL
                              Clerk of Court
