> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Article 107 With Article 90 in the Army: What the Records Show - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-90-charged-together/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:18:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:18:00.000Z - Description: All 18 Army courts-martial from 2021–2025 that charged both Article 107, false official statement, and Article 90, disobeying an officer, ended in a conviction on at least one charge. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 107, Article 90, Army [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 107](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-courts-martial/) › Army, with Article 90 **Short answer:** All 18 Army courts-martial from 2021–2025 that charged both Article 107, false official statement, and Article 90, disobeying an officer, ended in a conviction on at least one charge. The median confinement was 7 months, longer than the 5 months for all Army Article 107 cases, and 50% of the cases were contested. Based on 18 cases · 2021–2025 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Every Case Ended in a Conviction 18 of the 18 cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge. 14 of those sentences included confinement (78%). The median confinement was 7 months, compared with 5 months across Army-wide Article 107 cases. A quarter of the sentences with confinement were 1.8 years or longer. All figures are adjudged sentences. They are the sentences announced at trial, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and they cover every charge in the case. ## An Even Split Between Contested Cases and Guilty Pleas 9 accused entered a not-guilty or mixed plea, and 9 pleaded guilty. Contested cases were 50% of those with a plea recorded. Across Army-wide Article 107 cases, the contested share was 37%. ## Officers Made Up a Larger Share Junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) were 50% of the accused, NCOs were 28%, and officers were 22%. Across Army Article 107 cases overall, junior enlisted members were 42%. Among the convicted, 4 were officers or warrant officers, and 2 of them were dismissed. Dismissal is the officer equivalent of a punitive discharge. ## Discharges for Enlisted Members 14 enlisted members were convicted. 9 of them (64%) received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge, and 4 of those 9 were dishonorable. Army Article 107 cases overall had a rate of 60%. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not prevent a later administrative separation. ## Companion Charges No case charged Article 107 alone. Apart from Article 90, the most frequent charges were Article 134, the general article, and Article 128, assault, in 7 cases each. Article 112a, drug offenses, was charged in 6 cases, and Article 120, sexual assault, in 5. ## Court Level and Who Decided Guilt 13 cases were general courts-martial and 5 were special courts-martial. The general share was 72%, compared with 63% in Army Article 107 cases overall. A special court-martial is limited to one year of confinement and cannot adjudge a dishonorable discharge, so the 4 dishonorable discharges came from general courts-martial. A military judge alone decided guilt in 14 of the 18 cases (78%). Members heard 4: 3 enlisted panels and 1 officer panel. The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt, so cases heard by members and cases heard by a judge alone are not alike. ## Trials by Year The cases were tried between January 2021 and December 2025\. 9 were tried in 2021, 2 in 2022, 3 in 2023, 2 in 2024, and 2 in 2025\. Army records in this data are sparse before 2021, so earlier years are not compared. ## Gaps in the Records The records show charges, pleas, findings, and sentences. They do not show offense dates, the evidence, plea terms, or conduct handled outside a court-martial. Because the December 2023 changes to prosecution decisions and sentencing depend on the offense date, the records cannot sort trials from 2024 on into old-rule and new-rule cases. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 107 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com). Dates and sources for the law changes: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Army courts-martial with trial dates in 2021–2025 that charged both Article 107 and Article 90 (18 cases), compared with all 184 Army Article 107 cases in those years. Source: public court-martial records (Article 140a, UCMJ) in [Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/), data updated October 24, 2026\. Definitions, sources, and known gaps: [how this data was built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-the-military-trial-results-data-was-built/). Errors: content@bodiesburied.com. ## Related Analysis - [Article 107 (False Official Statements): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Article 90 (Willfully Disobeying Superior Officer): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-90-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Army Courts-Martial: Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 120](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-120-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 121](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-121-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 131b](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 80](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-80-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 81](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-81-charged-together/) - [Army Courts-Martial With Article 107 and Article 128, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-128-charged-together/) - [Army Courts-Martial With Article 107 and Article 128b, 2022–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-128b-charged-together/) - [Article 107 explained on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.