United States v. Morton

U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS _________________________ No. 201800106 _________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Appellee v. BILLIE J. MORTON Lance Corporal (E-3), U.S. Marine Corps Appellant _________________________ Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey V. Munoz, USMC.

Convening Authority: Commanding General, 1st Marine Division (REIN), Camp Pendleton, California.

Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendatio n: Captain Matthew J. Stewart, USMC.

For Appellant: Captain Matthew A. Blackwood, USMCR.

For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq. _________________________ Decided 10 July 2018 _________________________ Before W OODARD , J ONES , and K OVAC , 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