          U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
              C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700176
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.

                         RUBEN GARZA, JR.
                    Private (E-1), U.S. Marine Corps
                               Appellant
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  Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

          Military Judge: Colonel Joseph P. Lisiecki, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Support
Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West-Marine Corps Base, Camp
                            Pendleton, CA.
 Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Lieutenant Colonel Todd J.
                             Enge, USMC.
      For Appellant: Commander Scott F. Hallauer, JAGC, USN.
                  For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                          Decided 8 August 2017
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      Before M ARKS , R UGH , and J ONES , 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
