United States v. Patel

U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS _________________________ No. 201700258 _________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Appellee v. CHIRAG H. PATEL Seaman Apprentice (E-2), U.S. Navy Appellant _________________________ Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary Military Judge: Commander Robert P. Monahan, Jr., JAGC, USN.

Convening Authority: Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, VA. Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation : Commander I.C. Lemoyne, JAGC, USN.

For Appellant: Commander R. Don Evans, Jr., JAGC, USN.

For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq. _________________________ Decided 31 October 2017 _________________________ Before M ARKS , J ONES , and W OODARD , 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).

For the Court

R.H. TROIDL Clerk of Court