United States v. Licea

U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE C OURT OF C RIMINAL APPEALS ________________________ No. ACM 40602 ________________________ UNITED STATES Appellee v. Isaac R. LICEA Airman (E-2), U.S. Air Force, Appellant ________________________ Appeal from the United States Air Force Trial Judiciary Decided 30 June 2025 ________________________ Military Judge: Tiny L. Bowman.

Sentence: Sentence adjudged 4 December 2023 by GCM convened at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Sentence entered by the military judge on 11 March 2024: Dishonorable discharge, confinement for 5 years, and reduction to the grade of E-1.

For Appellant: Captain Michael J. Bruzik, USAF.

For Appellee: Lieutenant Colonel J. Pete Ferrell, USAF; Lieutenant Colonel Jenny A. Liabenow, USAF; Major Jocelyn Q. Wright, USAF; Ma- jor Kate E. Lee, USAF; Mary Ellen Payne, Esquire.

Before ANNEXSTAD, DOUGLAS, and PERCLE, 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 ________________________ This is an unpublished opinion and, as such, does not serve as precedent under AFCCA Rule of Practice and Procedure 30.4 ________________________ PER CURIAM: The findings and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 error materially prejudicial to the substantial rights of Appellant occurred. Ar- ticles 59(a) and 66(d), Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. United States v. Licea, No. ACM 40602

§§ 859(a), 866(d) (Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2019 ed.)).* Ac- cordingly, the findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT

CAROL K. JOYCE Clerk of the Court

* We order the preparation of an expurgated copy of the entry of judgment in which the name of the victim identified in Specifications 1 and 2 of Charge II are replaced with the initials I.L. See Department of the Air Force Instruction 51-201, Administration of Military Justice, ¶¶ 20.8.1.4, 20.40.2 (14 Apr. 2022) (where an expurgated copy of the Statement of Trial Results is required, so must an expurgated copy of the entry of judgment be prepared).