U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
              C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201800158
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                  Appellee
                                      v.

                         LUKE E. NICHOLAS
            Culinary Specialist 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 L. Jones, JAGC, USN.
Convening Authority: Commander, Navy Region Southeast, Naval Air
                     Station, Jacksonville, FL.
  Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Commander George W.
                        Lucier, JAGC, USN.
       For Appellant: Captain Scott F. Hallauer, JAGC, USN.
                For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                         Decided 23 August 2018
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   Before HUTCHISON, T ANG , and S TINSON , 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




                                     RODGER A. DREW, JR.
                                     Clerk of Court