Court Opinion

ID: 9964746
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-04-30 18:01:42.519353+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:25:41.286149
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This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.

                                  Before
                        KISOR, BAKER, and DALY
                         Appellate Military Judges

                         _________________________

                           UNITED STATES
                               Appellee

                                      v.

                       Aaren D. PAINTER
     Aviation Electrician’s Mate Petty Officer First Class (E-6),
                             U.S. Navy
                             Appellant

                             No. 202300253

                         _________________________

                           Decided: 30 April 2024

    Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

                             Military Judges:
                         Michelle M. Pettit (trial)
                    Derek D. Butler (entry of judgment)

 Sentence adjudged 18 July 2023 by a special court-martial convened at
 Naval Base San Diego, California, consisting of a military judge sitting
 alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: reduction to E-5, confine-
 ment for eight months, and a bad-conduct discharge. 1

                            For Appellant:
                Captain Kimberly D. Hinson, JAGC, USN

 1 Appellant is credited with having served eight months of pretrial confinement.
              United States v. Painter, NMCCA No. 202300253R
                             Opinion of the Court

                           _________________________

       This opinion does not serve as binding precedent under
             NMCCA Rule of Appellate Procedure 30.2(a).

                           _________________________

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:

                                  MARK K. JAMISON
                                  Clerk of Court

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

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