United States v. Strifler ( 2017 )

U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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No. 201700068
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Appellee
v.
CHRISTOPHER M. STRIFLER
Information Systems Technician Third Class (E-4), U.S. Navy
Appellant
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Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary
Military Judge: Captain Ann K. Minami, JAGC, USN.
Convening Authority: Commander, Navy Region Northwest,
Silverdale, WA.
Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation : Commander Justin L.
Hawks, JAGC, USN.
For Appellant: Captain Bree A. Ermentrout, JAGC, USN.
For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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Decided 30 May 2017
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Before M ARKS , J ONES , and M ILLER , Appellate Military Judges
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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 shall reflect that following
arraignment the government withdrew certain language from Specification 1 of
Charge 1 and that the specification the appellant was found guilty of reads, “In
that Information Systems Technician Third Class Christopher M. Strifler, U.S.
Navy, USS JOHN C, STENNIS (CVN 74) on active duty, did, at or near
Bremerton, Washington, on or about 21 August 2015, knowingly and wrongfully
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possess child pornography, to wit: digital images of minors engaged in sexually
explicit conduct, such conduct being of a nature to bring discredit upon the
armed forces.”
For the Court
R.H. TROIDL
Clerk of Court
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