         U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
             C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201600424
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                 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.
                         MATTHEW A. RUIZ
                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 Eugene H. Robinson, Jr., USMC.
     Convening Authority: Commanding General, Marine Corps
               Installations Pacific, Okinawa, Japan .
Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendat ion: Lieutenant Colonel Eric J.
                          Peterson, USMC.
   For Appellant: Lieutenant Rachel E. Weidemann, JAGC, USN.
                 For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                         Decided 30 March 2017
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Before C AMPBELL , R UGH , and H UTCHISON , 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
