United States v. Mendoza

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
UNITED STATES
v.
Airman First Class SAMMY J. MENDOZA
United States Air Force
ACM 38782
12 November 2015
Sentence adjudged 8 December 2014 by GCM convened at Ellsworth Air
Force Base, South Dakota. Military Judge: Brendon K. Tukey (sitting
alone).
Approved Sentence: Bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 15 months,
forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to E-1.
Appellate Counsel for the Appellant: Major Grover H. Baxley.
Appellate Counsel for the United States: Colonel Katherine E. Oler.
Before
ALLRED, MITCHELL, and MAYBERRY
Appellate Military Judges
This opinion is issued as an unpublished opinion and, as such, does not serve as precedent
under Rule of Practice and Procedure 18.4.
PER CURIAM:
The approved findings and sentence are correct in law and fact, and no error
materially prejudicial to the substantial rights of the appellant occurred. Article 66(c),
UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c); United States v. Reed, 54 M.J. 37, 41 (C.A.A.F. 2000).
Accordingly, the approved findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.
FOR THE COURT
LEAH M. CALAHAN
Clerk of the Court