Court Opinion

ID: 8405778
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-10-26 23:01:36.927612+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:47:00.075283
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This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.

                             Before
             STEPHENS, ATTANASIO, and DEERWESTER
                    Appellate Military Judges

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                          UNITED STATES
                              Appellee

                                     v.

                      Benjamin B. Phillips
               Lance Corporal (E-3), U.S. Marine Corps
                             Appellant

                             No. 202200008

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                           Decided: 28 July 2022

    Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

                              Military Judge:
                              John P. Norman

 Sentence adjudged 19 October 2021 by a general court-martial con-
 vened at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, consisting of
 a military judge sitting alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: re-
 duction to E-1, confinement for 84 months, forfeiture of all pay and al-
 lowances, and a dishonorable discharge.

                              For Appellant:
                      Major Brian L. Farrell, USMCR
                 United States v. Phillips, NMCCA No. 202200008
                               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:

                                     S. TAYLOR JOHNSTON
                                     Interim Clerk of Court

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

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