U.S. v. ROSSO

Jul 17, 2026
202600033

This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.

For Appellant: Lieutenant Commander Andrew S. Clayton, JAGC, USN

This opinion does not serve as binding precedent under NMCCA Rule of Appellate Procedure 30.2(a).

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 that no error materially prejudicial to Appellant’s substantial rights occurred.1

We note, however, that the Entry of Judgment (1) erroneously includes a specification that was not referred to the court-martial;2 and (2) lists an incorrect Uniform Code of Military Justice Article for the Additional Charge. Although we find no prejudice, Appellant is entitled to have court-martial records that correctly reflect the content of his proceedings.3 In accordance with R.C.M. 1111(c)(2), we modify the Entry of Judgment and direct that it be included in the record.

The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT:

MARK K. JAMISON

Clerk of Court

On 1 October 2025, the Accused was tried at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, by a general court-martial consisting of a military judge sitting alone. Military Judge David C. Segraves presided.

FINDINGS

The following are the Accused’s pleas and the Court’s finding to all offenses referred to trial:

Charge I: Violation of Article 120, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 920.

Plea: Not Guilty

Finding: Withdrawn and dismissed without prejudice, to ripen into prejudice upon completion of appellate review.

Specification: (Rape by first rendering that other person unconscious) Did, at or near Marine Detachment Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA, on or about 10 April 2024, commit a sexual act upon LCpl L. L. by penetrating LCpl L. L.’s vulva with his penis, by first rendering LCpl L. L. unconscious by choking her.

Plea: Not Guilty.

Finding: Withdrawn and dismissed without prejudice, to ripen into prejudice upon completion of appellate review.

Additional Charge: Violation of Article 128b, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 928b.

Plea: Guilty

Finding: Guilty

Specification: (Assaulting an intimate partner by strangulation) Did, at or near Marine Detachment Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA, on or about 10 April 2024, commit an assault upon LCpl L.L., the intimate partner of the accused, by unlawfully strangling her with his hand.

Plea: Guilty.

Finding: Guilty.

SENTENCE

On 1 October 2025, the military judge sentenced the Accused to the following:

Reduction to pay grade E-1.

Confinement for 12 months.

A bad-conduct discharge.

FOR THE COURT:

MARK K. JAMISON

Clerk of Court

Notes

1
Articles 59 & 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 859, 866.
2
United States v. Booker, 83 M.J. 595, 598 (N-M Ct. Crim. App. 2023) (“Including these accusations in the Entry of Judgment when they were neither part of the court-martial proceedings nor required to be included by law or regulation was error.”).