U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
             C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700266
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                 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.
                         JUSTIN T. HUGHES
Machinist’s Mate Submarine Auxiliary Third Class (E-4), U.S. Navy
                           Appellant
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 Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

        Military Judge: Captain Ann K. Minami, JAGC, USN.
    Convening Authority: Commander, Navy Region Northwest,
                          Silverdale, WA.
   Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Commander Justin L.
                        Hawks, JAGC, USN.
       For Appellant: Commander C. Eric Roper, JAGC, USN.
                 For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                       Decided 28 November 2017
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   Before HUTCHISON, PRICE, and FULTON, 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