Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-10-26 23:03:12.688169+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:47:03.915760
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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 MENDEZ, Jr.
                   Corporal (E-4), U.S. Marine Corps
                               Appellant

                             No. 202100347

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                          Decided: 28 March 2022

    Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

                              Military Judge:
                             Nicholas S. Henry

 Sentence adjudged 23 August 2021 by a special court-martial convened
 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, consisting of a
 military judge sitting alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: reduc-
 tion to E-1, confinement for 10 months, and a bad-conduct discharge.

                             For Appellant:
                  Captain Thomas P. Belsky, JAGC, USN

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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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                 United States v. Mendez, NMCCA No. 202100347
                               Opinion of the Court

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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