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Morghan E. Beaudoin

Counsel of record in 24 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(0 as defense counsel, 24 as trial counsel)
Aug 2020 to May 2026

24Cases
0As defense counsel
24As trial counsel
16Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Trial Counsel (Prosecuting)

Average Contests Per Year: 2.8

24Cases
16Contested
25%Acquitted, contested cases (4 of 16)
50%Partial acquittal, contested cases (8 of 16)

Pleas When Prosecuting

  • Guilty6 (25%)
  • Not Guilty13 (54%)
  • Mixed Plea1 (4%)
  • Mixed Plea*2 (8%)
  • Not Reported2 (8%)

Plea Agreements

  • Plea agreement8 (33%)
  • No plea agreement13 (54%)
  • Not reported3 (12%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone16 (67%)
  • Enlisted Panel5 (21%)
  • Officer Panel1 (4%)
  • Not Reported2 (8%)

Contested Panel Cases: 6 of 16

  • Enlisted Panel5 of 16
  • Officer Panel1 of 16

Findings When Prosecuting, All Cases

  • Convicted11 (46%)
  • Partial Acquittal8 (33%)
  • Acquitted4 (17%)
  • No Result Posted1 (4%)

Contested Findings (Prosecuting)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone9162
Enlisted Panel5311
Officer Panel1010
Not Reported1001

Sentences When Prosecuting

Enlisted (16 Convictions)

  • BCD5 of 16
  • DD6 of 16
  • No Punitive Discharge5 of 16

Officers and Warrant Officers (3 Convictions)

  • Dismissal2 of 3
  • DD1 of 3

No Punitive Discharge

5 of 16 Enlisted Convictions

  • Plea agreement3 of 5
  • No plea agreement1 of 5
  • Not reported1 of 5

Member Retained: 0 of 3 Officer Convictions

  • No dismissal0 of 3
69%Punitive discharge, enlisted (11 of 16)
89%Confinement (17 of 19 convictions)
2.3 yrsMedian confinement
31.0 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Prosecuting

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault121289
Art. 128 Assault8564
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation8562
Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances4241
Art. 134 General article4322
Art. 128b Domestic violence3212
Art. 80 Attempts3321
Art. 115 Communicating threats2111
Art. 120c Other sexual misconduct2111
Art. 107 False official statements1010
Charges not listed in the record2010

Opposing Counsel, Most Cases

Where

  • Fort Hood 16
  • Fort Benning 6
  • Fort Rucker 2

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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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