         U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
             C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700151
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                 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.
                          KHALIF D. BLUE
             Private First Class (E-2), U.S. Marine Corps
                              Appellant
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 Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

    Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel Leon J. Francis, USMC.
 Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, 3rd Marine Regiment,
        3d Marine Division, MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, HI.
 Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Major Timothy S. Taylor,
                               USMC.
  For Appellant: Lieutenant Colonel Richard A. Viczorek, USMCR .
                 For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                         Decided 5 October 2017
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Before HUTCHISON, S AYEGH , and R USSELL , Appellate Military Judges
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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
