> ## 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. # Army Article 107 Trials Before Members (A Panel): Verdicts and Sentences - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-contested-members-2021-2025/ - Published: 2026-10-30T05:27:14.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:16:45.000Z - Description: When members (a panel) decided guilt in contested Army Article 107 (false official statement) cases from 2021–2025, the median confinement was 8 months, compared with 1.2 years in all contested Army Article 107 cases. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 107, 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/) › Decided by members **Short answer:** When members (a panel) decided guilt in contested Army Article 107 (false official statement) cases from 2021–2025, the median confinement was 8 months, compared with 1.2 years in all contested Army Article 107 cases. A punitive discharge followed 44% of enlisted convictions, compared with 52%. The records hold 33 such cases. Based on 33 cases · 2021–2025 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Shorter Median Confinement Before a Panel There were 29 convictions in these 33 cases, and 17 of them included confinement. The median confinement was 8 months. In all contested Army Article 107 cases, the median was 1.2 years. Sentences longer than one year made up 8 of 29 convictions (28%), compared with 34% in all contested Army Article 107 cases. Convictions with no confinement were 41% here, compared with 38%. Sentences of 5 years or more were 10% of convictions, compared with 13%. The band from 6 months to 1 year held 10% of convictions here, compared with 8%, and sentences under 6 months were 21% in both groups. Each figure is an adjudged sentence, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and it covers every charge in the case. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, all contested Army Article 107 cases | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------- | | No confinement | 12 | 41% | 38% | | Under 6 months | 6 | 21% | 21% | | 6 months to 1 year | 3 | 10% | 8% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 5 | 17% | 21% | | 5 years or more | 3 | 10% | 13% | ## Why Panel Cases Differ The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt. Because of that choice, cases heard by members can differ from cases heard by a judge alone. These numbers describe what happened in the 33 cases. They do not show that a panel causes any result. Of the 33 panels, 28 were enlisted panels and 5 were officer panels. All 33 cases were contested, with a not-guilty or mixed plea to at least one charge. ## Verdicts Full acquittals came in 12% of the 33 contested cases, close to the 15% in all contested Army Article 107 cases. A full acquittal means a finding of not guilty on every charge. Another 22 cases ended in a partial acquittal, meaning the accused was found not guilty of at least one charge or specification but guilty of another. Army results list findings charge by charge, so partial acquittals appear often in Army records. ## Discharges and Dismissals Among 25 convicted enlisted members, 11 received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge (44%), and 6 of those were dishonorable. In all contested Army Article 107 cases, the rate was 52%. There were 4 convicted officers or warrant officers, and 3 were dismissed. A dismissal is the officer equivalent of a punitive discharge. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. ## What Else Was Charged In 32 of the 33 cases, at least one other article was charged with Article 107\. Article 120 (sexual assault) appeared in 13 cases. Article 92 (orders violation) appeared in 9, Article 128 (assault) in 8, Article 134 (general article) in 7, and Article 121 (larceny) in 6. Because the sentence covers all of these charges, the confinement figures reflect the whole case and not the false statement alone. ## A More Senior Group of Accused NCOs (E-5 to E-9) were the largest group, with 19 accused. There were 10 junior enlisted accused (E-1 to E-4) and 4 officers or warrant officers. The mix is more senior than in all contested Army Article 107 cases, where 35% were junior enlisted. General courts-martial made up 71% of the 31 cases with a court level listed (22 of 31), and special courts-martial made up the rest. The court level is not listed for 2 cases. A general court-martial can impose long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. ## When and Where The cases ran from February 2021 to December 2025: 7 in 2021, 11 in 2022, 3 in 2023, 6 in 2024, and 6 in 2025\. Army records in this data are sparse before 2021. Fort Bragg had 5 cases, Fort Carson 3, and Fort Sill, Fort Bliss, and Fort Drum 2 each. Those 5 installations account for 42% of the 33 cases. A larger installation tries more cases of every kind. ## Rules and Limits Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel, not commanders, decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. When every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. These rules depend on the offense date, and the records list only trial dates, so trials from 2024 on include cases under both the old and the new rules. The group is small, so 1 or 2 cases can change a percentage noticeably. The records also do not describe the evidence or the plea terms, and they do not include nonjudicial punishment or administrative separations. 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 Article 107, had a not-guilty or mixed plea and a result posted, and record members (a panel) as deciding guilt (33 cases), compared with all 62 such contested Army Article 107 cases. The accused usually chooses the forum, so the two groups are not alike. 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) - [Army Courts-Martial: Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/sentences/) (hub) - [Army Article 107 Trials Before a Military Judge Alone: Verdicts and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-contested-judge-alone-2021-2025/) - [Army Article 115 Trials Before a Military Judge Alone: Verdicts and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-115-contested-judge-alone-2021-2025/) - [Army Article 119b Trials Before Members (A Panel): Verdicts and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-119b-contested-members-2021-2025/) - [Army Article 128 Trials Before a Military Judge Alone: Verdicts and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-128-contested-judge-alone-2021-2025/) - [Army Article 80 Trials Before Members (A Panel): Verdicts and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-80-contested-members-2021-2025/) - [Army Article 80 Trials Before a Military Judge Alone: Verdicts and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-80-contested-judge-alone-2021-2025/) - [Army Article 92 Trials Before Members (A Panel): Verdicts and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-92-contested-members-2021-2025/) - [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.