Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V POINTEK PER CURIAM | Appellant was tried by general court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of two specifications of violating a lawful general order by wrongfully using a government computer for other than authorized purposes and one specification of violating a lawful general order by wrongfully possessing drug paraphernalia, in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of wrongfully and knowingly transporting child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(1), one specification of wrongfully and knowingly possessing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B), and one specification of wrongfully providing alcoholic beverages to a person under the age of twenty-one, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a dishonorable discharge and confinement for twenty-five months. The Convening Authority changed the dishonorable discharge to a bad-conduct discharge and approved the adjudged sentence as changed. He also suspended confinement in excess of fifteen months for the period of confinement plus twelve months from the date of Appellant’s release from confinement, as required by the pretrial agreement. | Docket No. 1229 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 6/3/2005 | 6/3/2005 | | 10/24/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V LIND - 64 MJ 611 | Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was found guilty of the
following offenses: one specification of wrongfully using ecstasy, a Schedule I controlled substance, and one specification of wrongfully distributing ecstasy, both in violation of Article
112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 912a; one specification of conspiring to possess, use, and distribute ecstasy, in violation of Article 81, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 881; and one specification of making a false official statement with intent to deceive, in violation of Article 107, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 907. The military judge sentenced Appellant to reduction to
E-1, forfeiture of $938.00 pay per month for four months, confinement for four months, and a bad-conduct discharge. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence. | Docket No. 1228 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 1/31/2007 | 1/31/2007 | | 10/30/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V LIND - UNPUBLISHED | This case was previously decided by this Court on 31 January 2007. The Court found, in part, that although Appellant failed to show that he was unrepresented by his trial defense counsel during any portion of the post-trial phase of the case, his defense counsel was deficient
in failing to contact Appellant regarding clemency. As a result, the Court granted relief. | Docket No. 1228 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 9/7/2007 | 9/7/2007 | | 10/30/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V PAJEAUD - 63 MJ 644 | Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of one specification of failure to go by not reporting to PSU 308 in Gulfport, Mississippi, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); one specification of missing movement, in violation of Article 87, UCMJ; and one specification of making a false official statement, in violation of Article 107, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for six months, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged but suspended all confinement in excess of 180 days for twelve months from the date of the Convening Authority’s action, pursuant to the terms of the pretrial agreement. | Docket No. 1227 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 6/29/2006 | 6/29/2006 | | 10/25/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V GREENE - 64 MJ 625 | Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of the following offenses: four specifications of wrongful appropriation, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); six specifications of making a false official statement with the intent to deceive and one specification of signing a false official record with intent to deceive, in violation of Article 107, UCMJ; and one specification of failing to obey a lawful order, in violation of Article 92, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 180 days, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged but, in accordance with the pretrial agreement, suspended the portion of the sentence extending to confinement in excess of four months for twelve months from the date the sentence was awarded. | Docket No. 1226 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 2/28/2007 | 2/28/2007 | | 10/30/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V TOLSON PER CURIAM | Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of the following offenses: one specification of violating a lawful general order by wrongfully using a Coast Guard VHF radio to communicate a false distress message, in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); one specification of making a false official statement with the intent to deceive that he was on a vessel and was in distress, which was known by Appellant to be false, in violation of Article 107, UCMJ; and one specification of violating 14 U.S.C. § 88(c) by wrongfully, knowingly, and willfully causing the Coast Guard to attempt to save lives and property when no help was needed, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for five months, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence. | Docket No. 1225 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 4/6/2006 | 4/6/2006 | | 10/25/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V QUEVEDO PER CURIAM | Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas
of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of the
following offenses: two specifications of failure to go at the time prescribed to his appointed
place of duty and one specification of unauthorized absence from his place of duty for one day,
in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); one specification of failure to obey a lawful order from a second class petty officer to report to the clinic for an evaluation,
in violation of Article 92, UCMJ; and one specification of assault on a female seaman by unlawfully placing his hand down the front of her pants, in violation of Article 128, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for ninety days, and reduction to E-2. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence. | Docket No. 1224 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 1/10/2006 | 1/10/2006 | | 10/24/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V MOHAMMAD PER CURIAM | Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of twelve specifications of larceny, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 120 days, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged, but suspended confinement in excess of sixty days for a period of twelve months from the date the sentence was announced, which results in a shorter confinement period than required by the terms of the pretrial agreement. | Docket No. 1223 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 11/18/2005 | 11/18/2005 | | 10/24/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V JONES - 64 MJ 621 | Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of one specification of attempting to steal goods, in violation of Article 80, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); four specifications of unauthorized absence and one specification of failure to go to his appointed place of duty, all in violation of Article 86, UCMJ; one specification of wrongful use of cocaine and one specification of wrongful distribution of cocaine, in violation of Article 112a, UCMJ; three specifications of larceny and one specification of wrongful appropriation, in violation of Article 121, UCMJ; and one specification of making checks without sufficient funds with intent to defraud, in violation of Article 123a, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for ten months, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the adjudged sentence, but suspended confinement in excess of 180 days for twelve months from the date of Appellant’s release from confinement, pursuant to the terms of the pretrial agreement. The Convening Authority noted that all confinement credit would be applied against unsuspended confinement, resulting in confinement for 126 days. | Docket No. 1222 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 2/27/2007 | 2/27/2007 | | 10/30/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V LECOMTE - 63 MJ 501 | Appellant was tried by general court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of one specification of violating a general order by using Coast Guard office equipment to view, download, and store sexually explicit materials, in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of knowingly receiving material containing child pornography that had been transported in interstate commerce by computer, one specification of knowingly transporting child pornography in interstate commerce by computer, and one specification of knowingly possessing computer disks containing images of child pornography that had been transported in interstate commerce by computer, all in violation of 18 U.S.C. §
2252A, under Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to confinement for
four years and reduction to E-4. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged,
but, as required by the pretrial agreement, suspended all confinement in excess of twelve months
for twelve months from the date of the accused’s release from confinement. In approving the sentence as adjudged, the Convening Authority also included in his action the following
unwarranted language: “…and except for that part of the sentence extending to a bad conduct discharge will be executed.” That additional language was not included in the promulgating
order’s account of the Convening Authority’s action. | Docket No. 1221 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 11/16/2005 | 11/16/2005 | | 10/24/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V HEWITT 61 MJ 703 | Appellant was tried by general court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of the following offenses: one specification of forcible sodomy, in violation of Article 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); two specifications of indecent assault and one specification of wrongfully providing alcoholic beverage to an individual under the age of twenty-one years, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ.
The judge sentenced Appellant to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for eighty-four months, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged but suspended confinement in excess of sixty months for twelve months from the date of Appellant’s release from confinement as required by the pretrial agreement. The Convening Authority also credited Appellant with six days of pretrial confinement pursuant to United States v. Allen, 17 M.J. 126 (C.M.A. 1984). | Docket No. 1220 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 3/30/2005 | 3/30/2005 | | 10/24/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V MCMILLEN PER CURIAM | Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of one specification of violating a lawful general order by wrongfully bringing an unauthorized firearm onto a federal facility, in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); one specification of willfully damaging military property of the United States, by damaging the Coast Guard sign at the entrance to his unit’s moorings in violation of Article 108, UCMJ; one specification of willfully and wrongfully damaging a vehicle, the property of Commanding Officer, USCGC MACKINAW (WAGB 83), by firing bullets into the door and tire in violation of Article 109, UCMJ; and one specification of drunk and disorderly conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for six months, forfeiture of $500 pay per month for six months, and reduction to E-1. | Docket No. 1219 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 11/4/2005 | 11/4/2005 | | 10/24/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V SHEEHAN - 62 MJ 568 | Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of one specification of wrongfully using cocaine on divers occasions, one specification of introduction of some amount of marijuana onto an installation used by the armed forces on divers occasions, one specification of wrongfully possessing some amount of marijuana on divers occasions, and one specification of wrongfully use marijuana on divers occasions, all in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for five months, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged, but, in accordance with the pretrial agreement, suspended confinement in excess of 120 days for the period of twelve months from the date the sentence was adjudged. | Docket No. 1218 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 11/1/2005 | 11/1/2005 | | 10/24/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V CONOVER - 61 MJ 681 | Appellant was tried by general court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of the following offenses: three specifications of wrongful use of marijuana, one specification of wrongful distribution of marijuana, one specification of wrongful use of cocaine, and one specification of wrongful distribution of Oxycontin, all in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); three specifications of carnal knowledge in violation of Article 120, UCMJ; one specification of assaulting a petty officer in violation of Article 128, UCMJ; and one specification of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2423 by knowingly transporting a person under the age of eighteen from North Carolina to Virginia to engage in sexual activity, one specification of wrongfully and falsely altering a U.S. Armed Forces identification card, one specification of committing an indecent act on the body of a female under sixteen years of age, two specifications of breaking restriction, and two specifications of unlawfully entering the berthing room of a female seaman, all in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. | Docket No. 1217 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 7/28/2005 | 7/28/2005 | | 10/24/2017 |
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | UNITED STATES V RIVERA - 62 MJ 564 | Appellant was tried by a general court-martial composed of officer and enlisted members. Despite his pleas of not guilty, he was convicted of one specification of attempted forcible sodomy on a child under the age of twelve years in violation of Article 80, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); one specification of forcible sodomy on a child under the age of twelve years in violation of Article 125, UCMJ; and three specifications of taking indecent liberties with a female under sixteen years of age, and one specification of committing an indecent act upon a female under sixteen years of age in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The members sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for three years, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority changed the adjudged reduction from E-1 to E-4 and approved the sentence as changed. Before this Court, Appellant has assigned eight errors, three of which were orally argued. | Docket No. 1216 | Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals | 11/1/2005 | 11/1/2005 | | 10/24/2017 |