United States v. Smith ( 2019 )

This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.
Before
HITESMAN, GASTON, and GEIS,
Appellate Military Judges
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UNITED STATES
Appellee
v.
Kason J. SMITH
Corporal (E-4), U.S. Marine Corps
Appellant
No. 201900038
Decided: 30 October 2019.
Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary.
Military Judges: Lieutenant Colonel Emily A. Jackson-Hall, USMC
(arraignment); Major Terrance J. Reese, USMC (trial). Sentence ad-
judged 19 November 2018 by a special court-martial convened at Ma-
rine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, consisting of a mili-
tary judge sitting alone. Sentence approved by the convening authori-
ty: reduction to E-1, confinement for 7 months, 1 and a bad-conduct
discharge.
For Appellant: Captain William F. Halsey, JAGC, USN.
For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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This opinion does not serve as binding precedent under
NMCCA Rule of Appellate Procedure 30.2(a).
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1 The Convening Authority suspended confinement in excess of 90 days pursuant
to a pretrial agreement.
United States v. Smith, No. 201900038
PER CURIAM:
After careful consideration of the record, submitted without assignment of
error, we have determined that the findings and sentence are correct in law
and fact and that no error materially prejudicial to the appellant’s substan-
tial rights occurred. Articles 59 and 66, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859, 866.
The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.
FOR THE COURT:
RODGER A. DREW, JR.
Clerk of Court
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