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Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V MCMILLEN PER CURIAMAppellant 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. 1219Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals11/4/200511/4/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V RIVERA - 62 MJ 564Appellant 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. 1216Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals11/1/200511/1/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V SHEEHAN - 62 MJ 568Appellant 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. 1218Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals11/1/200511/1/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V MILLER - 61 MJ 827Appellant was tried by special court-martial military judge alone on 21 November 2003. After conviction of various drug offenses pursuant to pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was sentenced by the judge to a bad-conduct discharge and reduction to E-1, which the Convening Authority approved on 18 June 2004.DOCKET NO. 005-69-01Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals10/19/200510/19/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V THIBODEAU PER CURIAMAppellant 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 knowingly receiving child pornography, one specification of knowingly transporting child pornography in interstate commerce, and one specification of knowingly possessing child pornography on land owned by the U.S. Government, all in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252A, under Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 210 days, and reduction to E-1.Docket No. 1215Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals9/9/20059/9/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V SUPAPO - 61 MJ 718Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, he was convicted of one specification of assault consummated by a battery by unlawfully striking another Third Class Petty Officer “on the back of the head with his hand, in the face with his closed fist, and in the stomach with his knee,” in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of disorderly conduct the same date by “slapping, pushing, punching, and chasing” the same Petty Officer around the mess deck of their Coast Guard cutter, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for thirty days, and reduction to E-3. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged and credited Appellant with thirty days of pretrial confinement pursuant to United States v. Allen, 17 M.J. 126 (C.M.A. 1984).Docket No. 1210Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals8/30/20058/30/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V HUBBERT - 61 MJ 705Pursuant to Article 66(b), Uniform Code of Military Justice, the record of trial in this case was forwarded to this Court for review on 23 June 2005 and no assignments of errors or briefs have been filed. However, Appellant’s counsel has moved for this Court to abate the proceedings in this case ab initio based on the death of Appellant by his own hand, as reflected in Appendix A, which counsel has moved to attach. Appendix A is an email to Counsel for Appellant forwarding a Personnel Casualty Report message, date-time group 151844Z AUG 05 from COMCOGARD SECTOR SAULT STE MARIE MI, indicating that Appellant, while on active duty appellate leave, was pronounced dead on 15 August 2005, as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. On consideration of counsel’s Motion for Abatement of Proceedings and Motion to Attach Document, filed under the Court’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, with no opposition from the Government, it is, by the Court, this 25th day of August, 2005,DOCKET NO. 1240Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals8/25/20058/25/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V GRIFFIN PER CURIAMAppellant 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 two specifications of failing to obey a lawful order, in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); three specifications of wrongfully introducing marijuana onto the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma and two specifications of wrongfully using marijuana, in violation of Article 112a, UCMJ; and one specification of wrongfully possessing drug paraphernalia and one specification of wrongfully possessing an altered military identification card, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement for 115 days. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence.Docket No. 1237Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals8/17/20058/17/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V JUSIEL PER CURIAMAppellant 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 wrongful possession of cocaine, one specification of wrongful use of cocaine, one specification of wrongful use of marijuana, one specification of wrongful introduction of cocaine onto a U.S. Coast Guard installation, and one specification of wrongful introduction of marijuana onto a U.S. Coast Guard installation, all in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 300 days, and reduction to E-1. Additionally, he granted Appellant 206 days of confinement credit. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence.Docket No. 1236Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals8/17/20058/17/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V BENNETT PER CURIAMAppellant 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 wrongfully using marijuana, two specifications of wrongfully using cocaine, and one specification of wrongfully distributing cocaine, in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 150 days, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged, but suspended confinement in excess of ninety days for twelve months. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence.Docket No. 1238Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals8/17/20058/17/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V CONOVER - 61 MJ 681Appellant 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. 1217Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals7/28/20057/28/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V BENTLEY PER CURIAMAppellant 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 wrongful use of marijuana, in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and seven specifications of larceny of military property of the United States Coast Guard, in violation of Article 121, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for eight months, and reduction to E-2. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence.Docket No. 1234Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals7/8/20057/8/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V BRIDGES - 61 MJ 645On 6 March 2003, this Court affirmed the findings of guilty and returned the record to the Convening Authority for a rehearing on the sentence. United States v. Bridges, 58 M.J. 540 (C.G.Ct.Crim.App. 2003). Appellant elected to be sentenced by military judge alone in accordance with an agreement with the Convening Authority for a limitation on the sentence. Although executed prior to the sentence rehearing and explained to Appellant at the rehearing by the military judge, all parties and the military judge referred to the document as a post-trial agreement. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a dishonorable discharge, sixteen years and six months confinement, and reduction to E-1. Pursuant to the post-trial agreement, the Convening Authority suspended all confinement in excess of twelve years for a period of twelve months from the date of his action. The Convening Authority also credited Appellant for his confinement at a civilian facility, the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, and for pre-sentence hearing confinement at the NAS Pensacola Brig.Docket No. 1147Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals7/8/20057/8/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V GONZALEZ - 61 MJ 633Appellant 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 wrongful use of cocaine, one specification of wrongful distribution of cocaine, and one specification of wrongful introduction of cocaine onto a U.S. Coast Guard installation, in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of unlawful entry into the barracks room of a seaman, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 135 days, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the adjudged sentence, but, in accordance with the pretrial agreement, suspended execution of confinement in excess of sixty-seven days for a period of twelve months from the date sentence was adjudged. The Convening Authority credited Appellant with sixty-seven days of confinement pursuant to United States v. Allen, 17 M.J. 126 (C.M.A. 1984).Docket No. 1209Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals6/9/20056/9/200510/24/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V LONGWELL PER CURIAMAppellant 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 two specifications of making false official statements, in violation of Article 107, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of assault consummated by a battery, in violation of Article 128, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement for 150 days. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence.Docket No. 1231Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals6/3/20056/3/200510/24/2017
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