United States v. Beltz ( 2021 )

This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.
Before
MONAHAN, STEPHENS, and DEERWESTER
Appellate Military Judges
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UNITED STATES
Appellee
v.
Drake A. BELTZ
Lance Corporal (E-3), U.S. Marine Corps
Appellant
No. 202100057
Decided: 22 September 2021
Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary
Military Judge:
Andrea C. Goode (arraignment)
John P. Norman (trial)
Sentence adjudged 17 November 2020 by a general court-martial
convened at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine
Palms, California, consisting of a military judge sitting alone. Sen-
tence in the Entry of Judgment: reduction to E-1, confinement for 16
months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, 1 and a bad-conduct
discharge.
1 The convening authority waived automatic forfeitures for a period of six months
from the date of the Entry of Judgment, and suspended the adjudged forfeitures of all
pay and allowance for a period of 16 months provided Appellant maintains an
allotment for the benefit of his dependents for the duration of the suspension.
United States v. Beltz, NMCCA No. 202100057
Opinion of the Court
For Appellant:
Captain William F. Halsey, JAGC, USN
For Appellee:
Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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This opinion does not serve as binding precedent under
NMCCA Rule of Appellate Procedure 30.2(a).
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PER CURIAM:
After careful consideration of the record, submitted without assignment of
error, we have determined that the findings and sentence are correct in law
and fact and that no error materially prejudicial to Appellant’s substantial
rights occurred. 2
The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.
FOR THE COURT:
RODGER A. DREW, JR.
Clerk of Court
2 Articles 59 & 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859, 866.
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