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

                              Before
            K.J. BRUBAKER, B.T. PALMER, M.N. FULTON
                     Appellate Military Judges

                   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                               v.

                      BRANDON L. READ
               SERGEANT (E-5), U.S. MARINE CORPS

                        NMCCA 201600137
                    SPECIAL COURT-M ARTIAL

Sentence Adjudged: 15 January 2016.
Military Judge: LtCol E.A. Harvey, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding General, 1st Marine
Division (Rein), Camp Pendleton, CA.
Staff Judge Advocate's Recommendation: LtCol D.C. Young,
USMC.
For Appellant: CDR Richard E.N. Federico, JAGC, USN.
For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.

                        9 August 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
