Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-08-14 19:01:15.111547+00
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U NITED S TATES AIR F ORCE
             C OURT OF C RIMINAL APPEALS
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                              No. ACM S32496
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                            UNITED STATES
                                Appellee
                                      v.
                         Erick J. STEARNS
             Senior Airman (E-4), U.S. Air Force, Appellant
                          ________________________

        Appeal from the United States Air Force Trial Judiciary
                          Decided 14 August 2018
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Military Judge: Andrew Kalavanos.
Approved sentence: Bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 11 months,
and reduction to E-1. Sentence adjudged 16 October 2017 by SpCM con-
vened at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
For Appellant: Major Todd M. Swensen, USAF; Major Christopher C.
Newton, USAF.
For Appellee: Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Kubler, USAF; Mary Ellen
Payne, Esquire.
Before HARDING, HUYGEN, and POSCH, Appellate Military Judges.
                          ________________________

    This is an unpublished opinion and, as such, does not serve as
    precedent under AFCCA Rule of Practice and Procedure 18.4.
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PER CURIAM:
    The approved findings and sentence are correct in law and fact, and no er-
ror materially prejudicial to Appellant’s substantial rights occurred. Articles
59(a) and 66(c), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859(a), 866(c).
            United States v. Stearns, No. ACM S32496

Accordingly, the approved findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

               FOR THE COURT

               CAROL K. JOYCE
               Clerk of the Court

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