U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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No. 201600424
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Appellee
v.
MATTHEW A. RUIZ
Lance Corporal (E-3), U.S. Marine Corps
Appellant
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Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary
Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel Eugene H. Robinson, Jr., USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding General, Marine Corps
Installations Pacific, Okinawa, Japan .
Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendat ion: Lieutenant Colonel Eric J.
Peterson, USMC.
For Appellant: Lieutenant Rachel E. Weidemann, JAGC, USN.
For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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Decided 30 March 2017
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Before C AMPBELL , R UGH , and H UTCHISON , 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