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Mary J. Wood

Counsel of record in 15 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(0 as defense counsel, 15 as trial counsel)
Nov 2015 to Mar 2019

15Cases
0As defense counsel
15As trial counsel
11Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Trial Counsel (Prosecuting)

Average Contests Per Year: 3.3

15Cases
11Contested
45%Acquitted, contested cases (5 of 11)
45%Partial acquittal, contested cases (5 of 11)

Pleas When Prosecuting

  • Not Guilty7 (47%)
  • Not Reported8 (53%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone8 (53%)
  • Enlisted Panel4 (27%)
  • Officer Panel3 (20%)

Contested Panel Cases: 7 of 11

  • Enlisted Panel4 of 11
  • Officer Panel3 of 11

Findings When Prosecuting, All Cases

  • Convicted5 (33%)
  • Partial Acquittal5 (33%)
  • Acquitted5 (33%)

Contested Findings (Prosecuting)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone4013
Enlisted Panel4022
Officer Panel3120

Sentences When Prosecuting

Enlisted (10 Convictions)

  • BCD5 of 10
  • DD1 of 10
  • No Punitive Discharge4 of 10

No Punitive Discharge

4 of 10 Enlisted Convictions

  • No punitive discharge4 of 10
60%Punitive discharge, enlisted (6 of 10)
60%Confinement (6 of 10 convictions)
11 moMedian confinement
12.0 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Prosecuting

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 134 General article5251
Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances3230
Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault2221
Art. 120b Rape and sexual assault of a child2120
Art. 128 Assault2220
Art. 111 (former: Drunken or reckless driving)1110
Art. 118 Murder1110
Art. 126 Arson; burning property with intent to defraud1110
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation1110
Art. 93 Cruelty and maltreatment1010
Charges not listed in the record5505

Opposing Counsel, Most Cases

Where

  • Hurlburt Field, Florida 2
  • Kadena AB, Japan 2
  • JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii 2
  • Andersen AFB, Guam 2
  • Yokota AB, Japan 1
  • Ramstein AB, Germany 1
  • Osan AB, South Korea 1
  • Kunsan AB, South Korea 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. The records also write this name as Mary Jean Wood; those cases are counted here.

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