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Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V HUPP - UNPUBLISHEDAppellant 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 each of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2252A by receiving child pornography, and violating 18 U.S.C. § 2252A by possessing child pornography, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of failure to obey a lawful order, in violation of Article 92, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for thirty-two months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged, and suspended the reduction to E-1 until the date of release from confinement. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence. Appellant was credited with 75 days of credit for pretrial confinement.Docket No. 1284Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals1/26/20091/26/200910/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V JONSSON - 67 MJ 624.PDFAppellant 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 false official statement, in violation of Article 107, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of adultery, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for thirty days, forfeiture of $1,261 for one month, and reduction to E-3. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the adjudged sentence.Docket No. 1285Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals1/30/20091/30/200910/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V COVE - UNPUBLISHEDAppellant 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 conspiracy, in violation of Article 81, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification each of wrongful use of marijuana, wrongful use of cocaine, wrongful distribution of marijuana, wrongful distribution of cocaine, and wrongful introduction of marijuana onto a military installation, all in violation of Article 112a, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to confinement for four months, reduction to E-1, and a bad-conduct discharge. Pursuant to the terms of the pretrial agreement, the Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged and suspended all confinement in excess of ninety days until 19 December 2007.Docket No. 1290Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals2/5/20092/5/200910/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V KASPRZYK - UNPUBLISHEDAppellant 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 conspiracy, in violation of Article 81, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); one specification of making a false official statement, in violation of Article 107, UCMJ; and one specification each of wrongful use of cocaine, wrongful introduction of cocaine onto an installation used by or under the control of the armed forces, wrongful distribution of cocaine, wrongful use of marijuana, and wrongful distribution of marijuana, all in violation of Article 112a, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to confinement for eight months, reduction to E-1, and a bad-conduct discharge. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged but suspended all confinement in excess of four months until 8 July 2008, pursuant to the terms of the pretrial agreement.Docket No. 1287Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals2/5/20092/5/200910/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V SULLIVAN - UNPUBLISHEDAppellant 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 unauthorized absence, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); one specification of false official statement, in violation of Article 107, UCMJ ; one specification of wrongfully distributing cocaine and two specifications of wrongfully using cocaine, all in violation of Article 112a, UCMJ; two specifications of larceny, in violation of Article 121, UCMJ; and one specification of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(j) by selling a stolen firearm transported in interstate commerce, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to confinement for seven months, reduction to E-1, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and a bad-conduct discharge. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement did not affect the sentence.Docket No. 1293Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals3/26/20093/26/200910/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V MORROW - UNPUBLISHEDAppellant 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 failure to obey a lawful general order, in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); one specification of making false official statements, in violation of Article 107, UCMJ; one specification of larceny, in violation of Article 121, UCMJ; and one specification each of mail fraud and of unauthorized selling of transit benefit tickets, both in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to confinement for four months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, reduction to E-3, and a bad-conduct discharge. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged, but suspended the bad-conduct discharge and confinement in excess of ninety days for six months.Docket No. 1300Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals4/8/20094/8/200910/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V GOGO - UNPUBLISHEDAppellant was tried by general court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to her pleas of guilty, entered in accordance with a pretrial agreement, Appellant was convicted of one specification of wrongfully using cocaine, in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), one specification of sodomy with a child under the age of 16, in violation of Article 125, UCMJ, and one specification of indecent acts with a child under the age of 16, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to confinement for twelve months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, reduction to E-1, and a bad-conduct discharge. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the adjudged sentence.Docket No. 1292Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals4/15/20094/15/200910/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V MCDONALD - 67 MJ 689Appellant 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: three specifications of unauthorized absence, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); one specification of missing movement, in violation of Article 87, UCMJ; one specification of wrongfully using marijuana, in violation of Article 112a, UCMJ; and one specification of disrespect toward a superior commissioned officer, in violation of Article 89, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to confinement for nine months and a bad-conduct discharge. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged but, pursuant to the pretrial agreement, suspended all confinement in excess of 180 days for twelve months from the date of the Convening Authority’s action.Docket No. 1294Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals4/24/20094/24/200910/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V VICKREY - UNPUBLISHEDAppellant was tried by general court-martial composed of members. Contrary to his pleas, Appellant was convicted of one specification of rape, in violation of Article 120, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The court sentenced Appellant to confinement for five years, reduction to E-1, and a bad-conduct discharge. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged and waived the forfeiture of all pay and allowances in favor of Appellant’s dependents as allowed by Article 58b(b), UCMJ, for six months.Docket No. 1274Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals6/10/20086/10/200810/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V NICKEY (MERITS)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 each of larceny of military property, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), and of making a false official statement, in violation of Article 107, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to confinement for three months, reduction to E-3, and a bad-conduct discharge.Docket No. 1288Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals6/19/20086/19/200810/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V ROAN - UNPUBLISHEDAppellant was tried by general court-martial composed of members. Contrary to his pleas, Appellant was convicted of four specifications of false official statement, in violation of Article 107, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of larceny, in violation of Article 121, UCMJ. Two of the specifications of false official statement were held to be multiplicious for sentencing purposes. The court sentenced Appellant to be confined for thirty days and to be dismissed. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged.Docket No. 1277Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals7/23/20087/23/200810/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V MARTIN - UNPUBLISHED 2ND OPINIONPursuant to his pleas of guilty, Appellant was convicted by general court-martial, military judge alone, of one specification each of violating 18 U.S.C. 2252A by receiving and possessing child pornography, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of violating a lawful general order by using a government computer to view, download and store sexually explicit materials, in violation of Article 92, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced him to confinement for thirty-two months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, reduction to E-1, and a bad-conduct discharge. On 6 December 2006, this Court set aside the Convening Authority’s action and returned the record to the Judge Advocate General for remand to the Convening Authority for a new action. United States v. Martin, No. 1260 (C.G.Ct.Crim.App. Dec. 6, 2006). An Article 39(a) session was held on 19 December 2006 at which an inquiry was conducted concerning the provisions of a post-trial agreement between Appellant and the Convening Authority. Pursuant to the post-trial agreement, the Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged, but suspended confinement in excess of seventeen months and twenty-four days until either (1) the Convening Authority determines Appellant has successfully completed a sex offender treatment program or (2) two years from the date of the Convening Authority’s action, whichever occurs later.Docket No. 1260Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals8/26/20088/26/200810/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V MCLEOD - 67 MJ 501Appellant 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 sodomy with a child under the age of sixteen, in violation of Article 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and one specification of committing indecent acts with another, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced Appellant to confinement for three months, total forfeitures, reduction to E-1, and a bad-conduct discharge. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The pretrial agreement had no effect on the sentence.Docket No. 1262Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals8/29/20088/29/200810/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V HARRIS - 67 MJ 550Appellant 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 each of wrongfully distributing MDMA (ecstasy), wrongfully using MDMA (ecstasy), and wrongfully using cocaine, all in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (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 ninety days, forfeiture of $800 per month for three months, and reduction to E-1. The Convening Authority approved the sentence as adjudged and suspended confinement in excess of sixty days for a period of twelve months from the date of the Convening Authority’s action, pursuant to the terms of the pretrial agreement.Docket No. 1279Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals10/17/200810/17/200810/30/2017
Coast Guard Court of Criminal AppealsUNITED STATES V BLAIR - 67 MJ 566Appellant 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 three specifications of violating a lawful general order, in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); nine specifications of making a false official statement, in violation of Article 107, UCMJ; one specification of neglectful damage to military property, in violation of Article 108, UCMJ; and the following in violation of Article 134, UCMJ: one specification of wrongfully recruiting for, soliciting membership in, and promoting activities of the Ku Klux Klan while publicly displaying an affiliation with the Armed Services; one specification of violating Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 269 § 10(m) and 18 U.S.C. § 13 by wrongfully possessing a large capacity firearm; one specification of violating Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 269 § 10(h) and 18 U.S.C. § 13 by wrongfully possessing seven dangerous weapons; one specification of violating 26 U.S.C. §§ 5845(a), 5861(d), and 5871 by unlawfully knowingly receiving and possessing a firearm that is a destructive device (an explosive bomb); one specification of being drunk and disorderly; three specifications of wrongfully endeavoring to impede an investigation; and one specification of willfully and unlawfully altering a public record. The military judge sentenced Appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for one year, and reduction to E-3. The sentence was unaffected by the pretrial agreement, and the Convening Authority approved it as adjudged.Docket No. 1278Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals11/13/200811/13/200810/30/2017
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