U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
             C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700337
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                 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.
                        MARKUS K. THOMAS
         Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Recruit (E-1), 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: Commanding Officer, USS THE SULLIVANS
                             (DDG 68).
 Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Lieutenant Commander
                  Philip W. Rohlfing, JAGC, USN.
     For Appellant: Captain Kimberly D. Hinson, JAGC, USN.
                 For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                       Decided 28 February 2018
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  Before H UTCHISON , F ULTON , and F OIL , 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