U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
              C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201600423
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.

                        NICHOLAS N. BYRON
            Hospital Corpsman Third Class (E-4), U.S. Navy
                               Appellant
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  Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

        Military Judge: Commander Jason Jones, JAGC, USN.
Convening Authority: Commander, Navy Region Southeast, Naval Air
                      Station, Jacksonville, FL.
  Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation : Lieutenant Commander
                   George W. Lucier, JAGC, USN.
       For Appellant: Commander Brian L. Mizer, JAGC, USN.
       For Appellee: Lieutenant George R. Lewis, JAGC, USN.
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                           Decided 2 May 2017
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   Before M ARKS , Rugh, and E LLINGTON , Appellate Military Judges
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   After careful consideration of the record, submitted without assignment of
error, we affirm the findings and sentence as approved by the convening
authority. Art. 66(c), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c).


                              For the Court



                              R.H. TROIDL
                              Clerk of Court