Court Opinion

ID: 8405832
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-10-26 23:02:38.535537+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:47:03.017639
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This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.

                                 Before
                      GASTON, HOUTZ, and MYERS
                        Appellate Military Judges

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                          UNITED STATES
                              Appellee

                                     v.

                     Michael R. PICHARDO
               Lance Corporal (E-3), U.S. Marine Corps
                             Appellant

                             No. 202100185

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                           Decided: 26 May 2022

    Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

                              Military Judge:
                             Nicholas S. Henry

 Sentence adjudged 5 May 2021 by a general court-martial convened at
 Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, consisting of a mil-
 itary judge sitting alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: reduction
 to E-1, confinement for 11 months, forfeiture of $500.00 pay per month
 for 11 months, and a bad-conduct discharge.

                          For Appellant:
         Lieutenant Commander R. Andrew Austria, JAGC, USN
                United States v. Pichardo, NMCCA No. 202100185
                               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. 1
   The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

                                     FOR THE COURT:

                                     RODGER A. DREW, JR.
                                     Clerk of Court

   1   Articles 59 & 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859, 866.

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