> ## 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 Cases Charging Both Article 108 and Article 121 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-108-and-article-121-charged-together/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:18:08.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-03T01:44:49.000Z - Description: 12 Army courts-martial from 2021–2026 charged both Article 108, military property, and Article 121, larceny. All 12 ended in a conviction, 10 of the accused pleaded guilty, and the median confinement was 6 months, close to the 5 months for all Army Article 108 cases. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 108, Article 121, Army [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 108](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-108-courts-martial/) › Army, with Article 121 **Short answer:** 12 Army courts-martial from 2021–2026 charged both Article 108, military property, and Article 121, larceny. All 12 ended in a conviction, 10 of the accused pleaded guilty, and the median confinement was 6 months, close to the 5 months for all Army Article 108 cases. Based on 12 cases · 2021–2026 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Guilty Pleas Were the Usual Result 10 of the 12 accused pleaded guilty. 2 contested at least one charge by entering a not-guilty or mixed plea. The contested share was 17%, compared with 14% in Army Article 108 cases overall. 9 of the 10 guilty pleas are recorded with a plea agreement, and 1 has no entry. Army records say whether an agreement existed, not what it contained. ## Confinement in Nearly Every Sentence All 12 cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge. 11 of the 12 sentences included confinement (92%). The median confinement was 6 months, and a quarter of the terms were 9 months or longer. For Army Article 108 cases overall, the median was 5 months. These are adjudged sentences. They reflect the trial result before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and they cover every charge in the case. ## Punitive Discharges All 12 convicted were enlisted members. 7 of them (58%) received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge, and 1 of the 7 was dishonorable. Across Army Article 108 cases overall the rate was 62%, so a punitive discharge was less common here. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. ## NCOs Were Most of the Accused NCOs made up 67% of the accused and junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) made up 33%. No officers appear. Across Army Article 108 cases overall, junior enlisted members were 44% of the accused. ## Other Charges in These Cases Article 108 was never the only charge here. In all Army Article 108 cases in 2021–2026, 6 of 36 charged it alone. Besides Article 121, the companion charges were Article 92, orders violation, in 4 cases; Article 107, false official statement, in 4; Article 134, the general article, in 3; and Article 131b, obstruction, in 2. ## Court Level and Forum 6 cases were general courts-martial and 6 were special courts-martial. The general share, 50%, was lower than the 58% for Army-wide Article 108 cases. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year. A military judge alone decided 10 cases, and enlisted panels decided 2\. Members heard 17% of these cases, compared with 6% of Army-wide Article 108 cases. The accused usually chooses the forum. ## When the Trials Took Place The trials ran from April 2021 to February 2026: 6 in 2021, 1 in 2022, 2 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 1 in 2026, a partial year. Army records in this data are sparse before 2021. ## Limits of This Data The records give trial dates, not offense dates. They do not describe the evidence or the plea terms. They also leave out cases handled by nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation, so they show only the property and larceny cases that reached a court-martial. Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Army courts-martial with trial dates in 2021–2026 that charged both Article 108 and Article 121 (12 cases), compared with all 36 Army Article 108 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/). 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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.