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No. ACM 39734 (f rev)

________________________ UNITED STATES Appellee

v. Danber S. ALBARDA Senior Airman (E

- 4 ), U.S. Air Force, Appellant

________________________ Appeal from the United States Air Force Trial Judiciary Upon Further Review
Decided 7 Ju ly 2021

________________________ Military Judge: W. Shane Cohen

. Approved sentence: Dishonorable discharge, confinement for 6 years, and reduction to E

- 1. Sentence adjudged on 8 March 2019 by GCM convened at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. For Appellant: Major Alexander A

. Navarro, USAF

. For Appellee: Major Jessica L. Delaney, USAF; Mary Ellen Payne, Esquire. Before MINK, KEY, and ANNEXSTAD, Appellate Military Jud ges

.

________________________ This is an unpublished opinion and, as such, does not serve as precedent under AFCCA Rule of Practice and Procedure 30.4.

________________________ PER CURIAM:
This case was originally submitted for our review with Appellant al leging multiple assignments of error. On 22 February 2021, we issued our opinion in Appellant’s case and concluded that the approved findings and sentence were correct in law and fact, and no error materially prejudicial to the substantialUnited States v. Albarda , No. ACM 39734 (f rev)

2 rights of Appell ant occurred. Articles 59(a) and 66(c), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § § 859(a), 866(c). Accordingly, we affirmed the findings and sentence. United States v. Albarda , No. ACM 39734, 2021 CCA LEXIS 75, at *32 (A.F. Ct. Crim. App. 22 Feb. 2021) (unpub. op.). However, we also concluded that both the action and the court

- martial order erroneously failed to report the deferral of the reduction in grade. Therefore, we returned the record of trial to the Judge Advocate General for remand to the convening authority to withdraw the incomplete action, substitute a corrected action, and issue a corrected court

martial order. Further, we ordered that the record of trial be returned to this court for completion of appellate review under Article 66, UCMJ. Id

. On 12 March 2 021, both a corrected action and court

- martial order were completed by the convening authority

. Subsequently, the record of trial was returned to this court. We have reviewed the convening authority’s corrected action and court

- martial order . We find that the corrections comply with our order. On 17 May 2021, Appellant filed a brief with this court and raised one additional issue for our consideration: whether Appellant’s court

- martial conviction, which had no unanimity requirement, is invalid in light of t he United States Supreme Court’ s decision in Ramos v. Louisiana , 140 S. Ct. 1390 (2020)
, that the Sixth A mendment 1 requires unanimous verdicts for federal and state criminal trials. 2 We have carefully co nsidered Appellant’s contention and find it do es not require further discussion or warrant relief. See United States v. Matias , 25 M.J. 356, 361 (C.M.A. 1987). 3 Upon further review, the approved findings and sentence are correct in law and fact, and no error materially prejudicial to Appellant’s sub stantial rights

o ccurred. Articles 59(a) and 66(c ), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859(a), 866(c ).

1 U.S. C ONST

. amend. VI.

2 Appellant raised this issue pursuant to United States v. Grostefon , 12 M.J. 431 (C.M.A. 19 8 2).

3 “ [ T ] here is no Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury in courts

- martial.” United States v. Easton , 71 M.J. 168, 175 (C.A.A.F. 2012) (citations omitted) ; see also Ex parte Quirin , 317 U.S. 1 , 45 (1942); Ex p arte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 , 123 (1866); United States v. McClain , 22 M.J. 124, 130 (C.M.A. 1986)

. Therefore, there can be no requirement for a unanimous jury verdict at courts

- martial under that amendment.United States v. Albarda , No. ACM 39734 (f rev)

3 Accordingly, the findings and sentence are AFFIRMED

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FOR THE COURT

CAROL K. JOYCE Clerk of the Court