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Jonathan R. Womack

Counsel of record in 15 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(0 as defense counsel, 15 as trial counsel)
Sep 2021 to May 2023

15Cases
0As defense counsel
15As trial counsel
6Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Trial Counsel (Prosecuting)

Average Contests Per Year: 3.7

15Cases
6Contested
17%Acquitted, contested cases (1 of 6)
83%Partial acquittal, contested cases (5 of 6)

Pleas When Prosecuting

  • Guilty9 (60%)
  • Not Guilty5 (33%)
  • Mixed Plea*1 (7%)

Plea Agreements

  • Plea agreement9 (60%)
  • No plea agreement5 (33%)
  • Not reported1 (7%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone11 (73%)
  • Enlisted Panel4 (27%)

Contested Panel Cases: 4 of 6

  • Enlisted Panel4 of 6
  • Officer Panel0 of 6

Findings When Prosecuting, All Cases

  • Convicted9 (60%)
  • Partial Acquittal5 (33%)
  • Acquitted1 (7%)

Contested Findings (Prosecuting)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone2011
Enlisted Panel4040

Sentences When Prosecuting

Enlisted (14 Convictions)

  • BCD6 of 14
  • DD5 of 14
  • No Punitive Discharge3 of 14

No Punitive Discharge

3 of 14 Enlisted Convictions

  • Plea agreement1 of 3
  • No plea agreement1 of 3
  • Not reported1 of 3
79%Punitive discharge, enlisted (11 of 14)
93%Confinement (13 of 14 convictions)
5 moMedian confinement
5.0 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Prosecuting

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault7554
Art. 128 Assault5341
Art. 128b Domestic violence4040
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation3230
Art. 119b Child endangerment1101
Art. 120b Rape and sexual assault of a child1010
Art. 131b Obstructing justice1101
Art. 134 General article1010
Art. 90 Willfully disobeying superior officer1010

Where

  • Fort Bragg 15

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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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