United States v. Richards ( 2022 )

This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.
Before
GASTON, GERRITY, and HOUTZ
Appellate Military Judges
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UNITED STATES
Appellee
v.
Allen J. RICHARDS
Intelligence Specialist Seaman (E-3), U.S. Navy
Appellant
No. 202100189
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Decided: 19 January 2022
Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary
Military Judge:
Angela J. Tang
Sentence adjudged 15 March 2021 by a general court-martial convened
at Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia, consisting of a military
judge sitting alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: reduction to
E-1, 1 confinement for 13 months, and a bad-conduct discharge.
For Appellant:
Captain Thomas P. Belsky, JAGC, USN
1 The convening authority suspended the reduction in grade pursuant to a pretrial
agreement.
United States v. Richards, NMCCA No. 202100189
Opinion of the Court
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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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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 Appellant’s substantial
rights occurred. 2
The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.
FOR THE COURT:
RODGER A. DREW, JR.
Clerk of Court
2 Articles 59 & 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859, 866.
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