U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
              C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700036
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.

                         AUSTIN J. HUNTER
                    Private (E-1), U.S. Marine Corps
                               Appellant
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  Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

           Military Judge: Major Robert D. Merrill, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Service
            Battalion, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA .
   Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation : Major Michael J. Eby,
                                USMC.
      For Appellant: Captain Matthew A. Blackwood, USMCR.
                  For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                        Decided 31 January 2018
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   Before M ARKS , J ONES , and W OODARD , 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