United States v. Mefford

U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS

C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS _________________________ No. 201600359 _________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Appellee v.

ROBERT C. MEFFORD

Corporal (E-4), U.S. Marine Corps Appellant _________________________ Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary Military Judge: Major Forrest W. Hoover, USMC.

Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, 3d Battalion, 6th Marines, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, NC.

Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Major Winston G.

McMillan, USMC.

For Appellant: Commander Robert D. Evans, Jr., JAGC, USN.

For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq. _________________________

Decided 31 January 2017 _________________________ Before C AMPBELL , R UGH , and HUTCHISON, Appellate Military Judges _________________________ 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). The supplemental court-martial order will reflect that the appellant pleaded Guilty to Charge III and its two specifications which were subsequently dismissed without prejudice.

For the Court

R.H. TROIDL

Clerk of Court