           U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
               C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201800106
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.

                         BILLIE J. MORTON
                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 Jeffrey V. Munoz, USMC.
   Convening Authority: Commanding General, 1st Marine Division
                 (REIN), Camp Pendleton, California.
Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendatio n: Captain Matthew J. Stewart,
                                USMC.
       For Appellant: Captain Matthew A. Blackwood, USMCR.
                  For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                          Decided 10 July 2018
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    Before W OODARD , J ONES , and K OVAC , 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
