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Ryan M. Reed

Counsel of record in 19 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(0 as defense counsel, 19 as trial counsel)
Apr 2016 to Mar 2019

19Cases
0As defense counsel
19As trial counsel
16Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Trial Counsel (Prosecuting)

Average Contests Per Year: 5.5

19Cases
16Contested
31%Acquitted, contested cases (5 of 16)
12%Partial acquittal, contested cases (2 of 16)

Pleas When Prosecuting

  • Not Guilty14 (74%)
  • Not Reported5 (26%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone5 (26%)
  • Enlisted Panel5 (26%)
  • Officer Panel9 (47%)

Contested Panel Cases: 14 of 16

  • Enlisted Panel5 of 16
  • Officer Panel9 of 16

Findings When Prosecuting, All Cases

  • Convicted12 (63%)
  • Partial Acquittal2 (11%)
  • Acquitted5 (26%)

Contested Findings (Prosecuting)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone2002
Enlisted Panel5401
Officer Panel9522

Sentences When Prosecuting

Enlisted (12 Convictions)

  • BCD6 of 12
  • DD4 of 12
  • No Punitive Discharge2 of 12

Officers and Warrant Officers (2 Convictions)

  • Dismissal1 of 2
  • No Dismissal1 of 2

No Punitive Discharge

2 of 12 Enlisted Convictions

  • No punitive discharge2 of 12

Member Retained: 1 of 2 Officer Convictions

  • No dismissal1 of 2
83%Punitive discharge, enlisted (10 of 12)
93%Confinement (13 of 14 convictions)
3.0 yrsMedian confinement
lifeLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Prosecuting

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances4240
Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault4440
Art. 120b Rape and sexual assault of a child3330
Art. 128 Assault3230
Art. 118 Murder2120
Art. 134 General article2220
Art. 86 AWOL2220
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation2120
Art. 120a (former: Stalking)1110
Art. 85 Desertion1010
Charges not listed in the record5505

Opposing Counsel, Most Cases

Where

  • Peterson SFB, Colorado 2
  • Barksdale AFB, Louisiana 2
  • Offutt AFB, Nebraska 2
  • Tinker AFB, Oklahoma 2
  • Whiteman AFB, Missouri 2
  • JBSA - Randolph, Texas 1
  • Dyess AFB, Texas 1
  • Goodfellow AFB, Texas 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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