UNITED STATES NAVY-MARINE CORPS
               COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                    WASHINGTON, D.C.

                              Before
           J.R. MCFARLANE, K.J. BRUBAKER, D.J. SMITH
                     Appellate Military Judges

                   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                               v.

                      ALAN D. MENDES
            LANCE CORPORAL (E-3), U.S. MARINE CORPS

                        NMCCA 201500013
                    SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL

Sentence Adjudged: 9 October 2014.
Military Judge: Maj M.D. Zimmerman, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, Headquarters and
Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine
Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, CA.
Staff Judge Advocate's Recommendation: LtCol P.D. Sanchez,
USMC.
For Appellant: Maj Jason L. Morris, USMCR.
For Appellee: Mr. Brian K. Keller, Esq.

                        19 March 2015

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                    OPINION OF THE COURT
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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