U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
              C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700372
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.

                            CORY D. SIKES
              Gunnery Sergeant (E-7), U.S. Marine Corps
                             Appellant
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  Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

      Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel Leon J. Francis, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding General, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing,
                           Kaneohe Bay, HI.
 Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation : Lieutenant Colonel Melanie
                            J. Mann, USMC.
        For Appellant: Captain William S. Laragy, JAGC, USN.
                  For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                         Decided 23 March 2018
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  Before M ARKS , W OODARD , and G ERDING , 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