          U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
              C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201600322
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.

                       EDRICK VILLARREAL
                Staff Sergeant (E-6), U.S. Marine Corps
                               Appellant
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  Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

          Military Judge: Major Michael D. Libretto, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, Marine Special Operations
School, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, Camp
                            Lejeune, N.C.
Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation : Lieutenant Colonel Joseph E.
       Galvin, USMC; Addendum: Captain Bret A. White, USMC .
            For Appellant: Major Jason L. Morris, USMCR.
                  For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                          Decided 13 June 2017
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   Before M ARKS , J ONES , and E LLINGTON , 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
