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Date Created: 2024-01-26 19:01:35.848179+00
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                                Before
                     HACKEL, KIRKBY, and GROSS
                       Appellate Military Judges

                         _________________________

                           UNITED STATES
                               Appellee

                                      v.

                     Florencio J. NAJERA
    Aviation Electrician’s Mate Second Class Petty Officer (E-5),
                             U.S. Navy
                             Appellant

                             No. 202300276

                         _________________________

                         Decided: 26 January 2024

    Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

                               Military Judge:
                              Kimberly J. Kelly

 Sentence adjudged 13 July 2023 by a special court-martial convened at
 Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, consisting of a military judge
 sitting alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: reduction to E-3, con-
 finement for forty-one days, 1 and a bad-conduct discharge.

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

 1 Appellant was credited with 41 days of pretrial confinement.
               United States v. Najera, NMCCA No. 202300276
                             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, and Appellant having not challenged the factual sufficiency of this case,
we have determined that the findings are correct in law, the sentence is correct
in law and fact, and that no error materially prejudicial to Appellant’s substan-
tial rights occurred. 2
    However, we note that the Entry of Judgment does not reflect the correct
type of special court-martial. 3 Although we find no prejudice, Appellant is en-
titled to have court-martial records that correctly reflect the content of his pro-
ceeding. 4 In accordance with Rule for Courts-Martial 1111(c)(2), we modify the
Entry of Judgment and direct that it be included in the record.
   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.

   3 See Block 8 of the Entry of Judgment.

   4 United States v. Crumpley, 49 M.J. 538, 539 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 1998).

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UNITED STATES                                       NMCCA NO. 202300276

       v.                                                  ENTRY
                                                            OF
Florencio J. NAJERA                                      JUDGMENT
Aviation Electrician’s Mate Second
Class Petty Officer (E-5)                            As Modified on Appeal
U.S. Navy
                   Accused
                                                        26 January 2024

   On 13 July 2023, the Accused was tried at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida,
by a special court-martial, consisting of a military judge sitting alone. Military Judge
Kimberly J. Kelly presided.

                                    FINDINGS

   The following are the Accused’s pleas and the Court’s findings to all offenses the
convening authority referred to trial:

Charge:       Violation of Article 128b, Uniform Code of Military Justice,
              10 U.S.C. § 928b.
               Plea: Guilty.
               Finding: Guilty.

   Specification:      Violent Offense – Assault consummated by a battery on
                       or about 8 April 2023.
                       Plea: Guilty.
                       Finding: Guilty.

                                   SENTENCE

     On 13 July 2023, a military judge sentenced the Accused to the following (as mod-
ified, if at all, during any post-trial action):
       Reduction to pay grade E-3.
       Confinement for a total of 41 days.
                 United States v. Najera, NMCCA No. 202300276
                          Modified Entry of Judgment

      A bad-conduct discharge.
    The Accused has served 41 days pretrial confinement and shall be credited with
41 days of confinement already served, to be deducted from the adjudged sentence to
confinement.

                               FOR THE COURT:

                               MARK K. JAMISON
                               Clerk of Court

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