United States v. McWoodson

U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE C OURT OF C RIMINAL APPEALS ________________________ No. ACM 40188 ________________________ UNITED STATES Appellee v. Curtis C. MCWOODSON Staff Sergeant (E-5), U.S. Air Force, Appellant ________________________ Appeal from the United States Air Force Trial Judiciary Decided 18 November 2022 ________________________ Military Judge: Christopher D. James.

Sentence: Sentence adjudged on 29 June 2021 by GCM convened at Royal Air Force Alconbury, United Kingdom. Sentence entered by military judge on 20 August 2021: Bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 8 months, and reduction to E-1.

For Appellant: Major Kasey W. Hawkins, USAF.

For Appellee: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Alford, USAF; Major John P. Patera, USAF; Mary Ellen Payne, Esquire.

Before POSCH, RICHARDSON, and CADOTTE, Appellate Military Judges. ________________________ This is an unpublished opinion and, as such, does not serve as precedent under AFCCA Rule of Practice and Procedure 30.4. ________________________ PER CURIAM: The findings and sentence as entered are correct in law and fact, and no United States v. McWoodson, No. ACM 40188

error materially prejudicial to Appellant’s substantial rights occurred.* Arti- cles 59(a) and 66(d), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859(a), 866(d) (Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2019 ed.)). Accordingly, the findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT

CAROL K. JOYCE Clerk of the Court

* The convening authority did not approve Appellant’s entire sentence. Although Ap- pellant did not identify this error on appeal, we tested it for material prejudice and found none. See generally United States v. Brubaker-Escobar, 81 M.J. 471 (C.A.A.F.

2021) (per curiam).