United States v. Anders

U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS _________________________ No. 201700180 _________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Appellee v. HOWELL K. ANDERS III Sergeant (E-5), U.S. Marine Corps Appellant _________________________ Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel Leon J. Francis, USMC. Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, Camp H.M. Smith Hawaii. Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Colonel Thomas G. McCann, II, USMC. For Appellant: Captain James Kresge, USMCR. For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq. _________________________ Decided 30 November 2017 _________________________ Before HUTCHISON, FULTON and PETTIT, Appellate Military Judges _________________________ 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