         U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
             C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700367
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                 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.
                        THADEUS E. SMITH
               Lance Corporal (E-3), U.S. Marine Corps
                             Appellant
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 Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

     Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel M.D. Libretto, USMC.
   Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Air
                  Station Beaufort, Beaufort, SC.
   Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Major T.F. Eslinger,
                               USMC.
     For Appellant: Captain Matthew A. Blackwood, USMCR.
                For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                         Decided 12 March 2018
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   Before H UTCHISON , S AYEGH , and S TEPHENS , 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
