Court Opinion

ID: 9912427
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-12-22 15:01:32.9878+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:59:32.453757
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This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.

                                Before
                    HACKEL, GROSS, and BLOSSER
                       Appellate Military Judges

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                          UNITED STATES
                              Appellee

                                     v.

                  Yair R. ACOSTA-FIERROS
               Lance Corporal (E-3), U.S. Marine Corps
                             Appellant

                             No. 202300103

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                        Decided: 21 December 2023

    Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

                              Military Judge:
                               Yong J. Lee

 Sentence adjudged 19 January 2023 by a general court-martial con-
 vened at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, consisting of a
 military judge sitting alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: reduc-
 tion to E-1, confinement for seven months, and a bad-conduct discharge.

                          For Appellant:
         Lieutenant Commander Daniel C. LaPenta, JAGC, USN
            United States v. Acosta-Fierros, NMCCA No. 202300103
                              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. 1
   The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED. 2

                                   FOR THE COURT:

                                   MARK K. JAMISON
                                   Clerk of Court

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

   2 Although not explicitly stated in the convening authority’s action or the Entry of

Judgment, we note that Appellant’s adjudged bad-conduct discharge was remitted by
operation of Rule for Courts-Martial 1107(e) upon completion of the case United States
v. Lance Corporal Freddie A. Montoya, Jr., USMC on 28 June 2023 and the resulting
expiration of the period of suspension.

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