> ## 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 134 and Article 93 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-134-and-article-93-charged-together/ - Published: 2026-10-30T05:28:06.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:17:49.000Z - Description: From 2021–2026, 21 Army courts-martial charged both Article 134 (general article) and Article 93 (maltreatment). These cases were contested more often than other Army Article 134 cases: 71% compared with 23%. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 134, Article 93, Army [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 134](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-134-courts-martial/) › Army, with Article 93 **Short answer:** From 2021–2026, 21 Army courts-martial charged both Article 134 (general article) and Article 93 (maltreatment). These cases were contested more often than other Army Article 134 cases: 71% compared with 23%. Of the convicted enlisted members, 45% received a punitive discharge, compared with 80% in all Army Article 134 cases. Based on 21 cases · 2021–2026 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Most Accused Pleaded Not Guilty In a contested case, the accused enters a not-guilty or mixed plea, so at least one charge goes to trial. Here 15 of the 21 accused contested at least one charge, and 6 pleaded guilty. That contested share, 71%, compares with 23% in all Army Article 134 cases. The records do not say why an accused chose to plead guilty or to contest the charges. In the 6 guilty-plea cases, the accused pleaded guilty to every charge. ## How the 15 Contested Cases Ended All 15 contested cases reached a verdict. In 4 of them (27%), the accused was acquitted of all charges. That full-acquittal rate is close to the 25% in all Army Article 134 cases. Another 9 contested cases (60%) ended in a partial acquittal. A partial acquittal means not guilty of at least one charge or specification and guilty of another. Army results list findings for each charge, which makes partial acquittals common in Army records. ## A Senior Group of Accused Article 93 is the maltreatment article. By rank, these cases involved 2 junior enlisted members, 12 NCOs, and 7 officers. The group is more senior than the accused in all Army Article 134 cases. Of the 6 convicted officers or warrant officers, 3 were dismissed. Dismissal is the officer equivalent of a punitive discharge. ## Sentences After Conviction A conviction on at least one charge came in 17 of the 21 cases. Confinement was part of 10 of those 17 sentences (59%). The median confinement was 10 months, shorter than the 1 year median for all Army Article 134 cases. A quarter of the confinement terms were 2.7 years or longer. Among 11 convicted enlisted members, 5 received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge (45%). That is less often than in all Army Article 134 cases (80%). Of those 5, 4 were dishonorable discharges. These are adjudged sentences, the sentences announced at trial. They come before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and each covers all charges in the case. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. ## Panels Heard 33% of the Cases The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt. A military judge alone decided 14 cases. Enlisted panels decided 5 and officer panels decided 2\. Members heard 33% of the cases, compared with 12% in all Army Article 134 cases. Among the 15 contested cases, members heard 7 (47%). Most judge-alone cases are guilty pleas, so the share heard by members mostly follows how many cases were contested. ## General Courts-Martial and Other Charges General courts-martial heard 15 of the 20 cases with a court level listed (75%). The court level is not listed for 1 case. Special courts-martial heard the rest. A general court-martial can impose long confinement and a dishonorable discharge or dismissal. A special court-martial is limited to one year of confinement and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. Every case charged at least one article besides Article 134\. Besides Article 93, the most frequent were Article 128 (assault) in 9 cases, Article 92 (orders violation) in 8, Article 120 (sexual assault) in 8, and Article 107 (false official statement) in 6. ## When and Where The 21 cases were tried between February 2021 and June 2026\. There were 7 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 2 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 1 in 2026\. The 2026 count covers only part of the year, and Army records in this data are sparse before 2021. Fort Bragg tried 3 cases. Vilseck (Europe), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Camp Humphreys, and Fort Stewart tried 2 each. These five installations account for 52% of the 21 cases. Larger installations try more cases of all kinds. ## Law Changes and Limits The law changed in 2 ways during this period. Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel instead of commanders decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. For cases where every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023, a military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. Both changes depend on when the offense happened. The records list trial dates, not offense dates, so they cannot show which rules applied to a given case. They also leave out the evidence, plea terms, nonjudicial punishment, and administrative separations. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 134 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?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 2021–2026 that charged both Article 134 and Article 93 (21 cases), compared with all 589 Army Article 134 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 134 (General Article): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-134-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Article 93 (Cruelty and Maltreatment): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-93-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Army Courts-Martial: Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 134 and Article 80](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-134-and-article-80-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 134 and Article 82](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-134-and-article-82-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 134 and Article 92](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-134-and-article-92-charged-together/) - [Army Courts-Martial With Article 134 and Article 90, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-134-and-article-90-charged-together/) - [Article 134 With Article 93a in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-134-and-article-93a-charged-together/) - [Article 134 With Article 90 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-134-and-article-90-charged-together/) - [Article 134 With Article 92 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-134-and-article-92-charged-together/) - [Article 134 explained on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?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.