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Duncan L. Roberts

Counsel of record in 16 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(16 as defense counsel, 0 as trial counsel)
Oct 2022 to Dec 2025

16Cases
16As defense counsel
0As trial counsel
7Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Defense Counsel (Defending)

Average Contests Per Year: 2.2

16Cases
7Contested
43%Acquitted, contested cases (3 of 7)
29%Partial acquittal, contested cases (2 of 7)

Pleas When Defending

  • Guilty9 (56%)
  • Not Guilty7 (44%)

Plea Agreements

  • Plea agreement9 (56%)
  • No plea agreement7 (44%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone15 (94%)
  • Enlisted Panel1 (6%)

Contested Panel Cases: 1 of 7

  • Enlisted Panel1 of 7
  • Officer Panel0 of 7

Findings When Defending, All Cases

  • Convicted11 (69%)
  • Partial Acquittal2 (12%)
  • Acquitted3 (19%)

Contested Findings (Defending)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone6222
Enlisted Panel1001

Sentences When Defending

Enlisted (12 Convictions)

  • BCD8 of 12
  • DD2 of 12
  • No Punitive Discharge2 of 12

Officers and Warrant Officers (1 Conviction)

  • No Dismissal1 of 1

No Punitive Discharge

2 of 12 Enlisted Convictions

  • Plea agreement0 of 2
  • No plea agreement2 of 2

Member Retained: 1 of 1 Officer Conviction

  • Plea agreement1 of 1
  • No plea agreement0 of 1
83%Punitive discharge, enlisted (10 of 12)
85%Confinement (11 of 13 convictions)
5 moMedian confinement
lifeLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Defending

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault5423
Art. 80 Attempts4141
Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances3030
Art. 120c Other sexual misconduct3221
Art. 128 Assault3221
Art. 121 Larceny2120
Art. 134 General article2111
Art. 85 Desertion2020
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation2120
Art. 107 False official statements1010

Where

  • Fort Hood 14
  • Fort Benning 1
  • Fort Huachuca 1

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Counsel of record means this lawyer is listed as defense counsel or trial counsel in the public record of the case. Most cases list more than one lawyer on each side, and the records do not say who led or who argued, so the numbers describe cases this lawyer was counsel on, not individual wins or losses. Pages cover military counsel only; civilian counsel appear in lists by name. Percentages are shown for every count, however small, so check the number of cases behind each one. The Army records say whether there was a plea agreement, not what it said; Air Force records do not report plea agreements, and many Air Force records from 2016 to 2020 do not list the plea. In the article tables one case counts under each article charged, and Air Force records rarely list the charges in cases that ended in acquittal (those show as Charges not listed in the record). Member Retained means the sentence did not include a punitive discharge; it does not rule out a later administrative separation. Mixed Plea* means the record lists a guilty plea but the case ended in a partial acquittal, so at least one charge was contested (a mixed plea, or a guilty plea to a lesser offense). Contested cases are those with a not guilty or mixed plea, plus any case that ended in an acquittal or partial acquittal even when the record does not list the plea.

Source: public records of trial published by each service under Article 140a, UCMJ, as collected for the Military Trial Results page (data updated October 29, 2026). Counts reflect only the cases in this data and may be incomplete. Names are shown as published in the source records.

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