United States v. Caywood

U NITED S TATES A IR F ORCE C OURT OF C RIMINAL APPEALS ________________________ No. ACM S32837 ________________________ UNITED STATES Appellee v. Giovanna N. CAYWOOD Airman Basic, U.S. Air Force, Appellant ________________________ Appeal from the United States Air Force Trial Judiciary Decided 9 February 2026 ________________________ Military Judge: Jennifer E. Powell.

Sentence: Sentence adjudged 1 July 2025 by SpCM convened at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Sentence entered by the military judge on July 2025: Bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 45 days, hard la- bor without confinement for 30 days, and a reprimand.

For Appellant: None. * Before GRUEN, KEARLEY, and MORGAN, 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 ________________________ This is an unpublished opinion and, as such, does not serve as precedent under AFCCA Rule of Practice and Procedure 30.4

* Appellant twice elected not to request appellate defense counsel via Air Force Form 304—the first time at the conclusion of her court-martial on 1 July 2025, and then on September 2025, after the military judge entered judgment. See Department of the Air Force Instruction 51-201, Administration of Military Justice, ¶¶ 19.21, 24.2.2 (24 Jan. 2024). Upon docketing Appellant’s case, this court notified Appellant via certified mail of her right to submit an assignments of error brief to the court within 60 days per Rule 18(d)(1) of The Joint Rules of Appellate Procedure for Courts of Criminal Ap- peals; no brief was filed.

United States v. Caywood, No. ACM S32837

________________________ PER CURIAM: The findings as entered are correct in law. Article 66(d), Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 866(d) (Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2024 ed.)). Additionally, the sentence as entered is correct in law and fact, and no error materially prejudicial to the substantial rights of Appellant occurred. Articles 59(a) and 66(d), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859(a), 866(d) (Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2019 ed.)). Accordingly, the find- ings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT

CAROL K. JOYCE Clerk of the Court