         U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
             C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201600388
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                 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.
                      WILLIAM E. FRANKLIN
                   Corporal (E-4), U.S. Marine Corps
                              Appellant
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 Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

 Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel Christopher M. Greer, USMC.
  Convening Authority: Commander, Marine Corps Installations
 National Capital Region, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Quantico,
                                VA.
  Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Major Michael J. Eby,
                              USMC.
 For Appellant: Lieutenant Commander Derek C. Hampton, JAGC,
                               USN.
                For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                        Decided 31 January 2017
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Before C AMPBELL , RUGH, 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
