> ## 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. # When Article 107 and Article 112a Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End? - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-and-article-112a-charged-together/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:55:10.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-03T01:47:21.000Z - Description: From 2013 to 2025, 100 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial charged both a false official statement under Article 107 and a drug offense under Article 112a. Only 14% of these cases were contested, compared with 34% of all Article 107 cases. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 107, Article 112a [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/) › With Article 112a **Short answer:** From 2013 to 2025, 100 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial charged both a false official statement under Article 107 and a drug offense under Article 112a. Only 14% of these cases were contested, compared with 34% of all Article 107 cases. Of convicted enlisted members, 76% received a punitive discharge, compared with 60% in the wider Article 107 group. Based on 100 cases · 2013–2025 · Army, Navy, and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Most Cases Ended in Guilty Pleas Of the 100 records, 79 list the plea. Of those, 68 were guilty pleas and 11 were contested. A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge, either to every charge or through a mixed plea. The contested share was 14%, much lower than the 34% for all Article 107 cases. Few contested cases ended in a full acquittal: 9% of the 11 contested cases that reached a verdict. For Article 107 cases overall, the rate was 15%. Another 4 ended in a partial acquittal: not guilty of at least one charge or specification and guilty of another. ## More Punitive Discharges Of enlisted convictions in this pairing, 76% included a punitive discharge: 64 bad-conduct discharges and 7 dishonorable discharges. Among all Article 107 cases, the rate was 60%. Of 4 convicted officers or warrant officers, 1 was dismissed. Dismissal is the officer form of a punitive discharge. Most of the discharges were bad-conduct discharges. A special court-martial can impose a bad-conduct discharge but not a dishonorable discharge, and 68 of these 100 cases were special courts-martial. A sentence without a punitive discharge can still be followed by an administrative separation. ## Most Convictions Included Short Confinement Of 99 convictions, 90 included confinement. The median confinement was 5 months, about the same as the 6 months for Article 107 cases as a whole. A quarter of terms were 10 months or more. These are adjudged sentences, set at trial and before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each covers every charge in the case. Only 9% of convictions had no confinement, compared with 23% in the broader Article 107 group. Terms under 6 months made up 47%, and terms of 6 months to 1 year made up 29%. Only 14 of 99 convictions (14%) carried more than one year, compared with 18%. Terms of 5 years or more made up 2%. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, all Army, Navy, and Marine Corps cases charging Article 107 | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | No confinement | 9 | 9% | 23% | | Under 6 months | 47 | 47% | 38% | | 6 months to 1 year | 29 | 29% | 22% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 12 | 12% | 12% | | 5 years or more | 2 | 2% | 5% | ## Mostly Special Courts-Martial General courts-martial made up 32 of the 100 cases (32%), compared with 43% of Article 107 cases. The other 68 were special courts-martial. A special court-martial is limited to one year of confinement and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge or dismissal. The general courts-martial had a median confinement of 1 year, and 31% were contested. The special courts-martial had a median of 4 months, and 6% were contested. Since 2019, a special court-martial can also be tried by a military judge alone, with confinement capped at six months and no punitive discharge. ## Other Charges in These Cases Besides the 2 paired articles, Article 92 (orders violation) was charged in 22 cases, Article 86 (AWOL) in 18, Article 81 (conspiracy) in 15, and Article 121 (larceny) in 14\. Across all Article 107 cases, a false official statement was the only charge in 61 of 636 cases. ## A Mostly Junior Group Of the accused, 78 were junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4), 17 were NCOs, and 4 were officers. This group was more junior than Article 107 cases generally. ## Years and Installations The cases run from March 2013 to October 2025\. The highest yearly count was 23, in 2021\. There were 14 cases in 2020, 12 in 2017, and 11 in 2018\. Most other years had 7 or fewer. Bremerton, Washington had the most cases, with 12\. Next were Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (9), Norfolk, Virginia (8), Camp Pendleton, California (8), and San Diego, California (7). Together these installations account for 44% of the 100 cases. Larger installations try more cases of all kinds, so a high count does not by itself mean a local problem. ## Rule Changes and What the Records Do Not Show The Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect on January 1, 2019\. It brought in written plea agreements and judge-alone special courts-martial capped at six months with no punitive discharge. Cases with offenses from before 2019 kept the old rules. For offenses after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. Both changes depend on offense dates. The records do not give offense dates, so they cannot show whether either change affected these figures. Trial records show charges, pleas, findings, and sentences. They do not show the evidence, the plea terms, or conduct handled outside a court-martial. 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, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial that charged both Article 107 and Article 112a (100 cases). Air Force cases are left out because Air Force records rarely list the charges in acquittals. 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 112a (Wrongful Use, Possession of Controlled Substances): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-112a-courts-martial/) (hub) - [When Article 107 and Article 121 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-and-article-121-charged-together/) - [When Article 107 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-and-article-92-charged-together/) - [Articles 107 and 128 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-and-article-128-charged-together/) - [Army Article 107 Cases by the Numbers, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-trend-2021-2025/) - [Fewer or More? False Official Statement Charges at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-107-trend-2016-2025/) - [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) **Compare: federal court.** [Federal Law Has No Crime of Drug Use: How Article 112a Cases Compare](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-no-crime-of-drug-use-article-112a/) · [Drug Distribution and Importation: Federal vs. Court-Martial Sentences, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-distribution-importation-vs-article-112a/) **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.