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# Articles 107 and 134 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-and-article-134-charged-together/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:55:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-28T08:19:32.000Z
- Description: From 2013 to 2026, 106 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial included both a false official statement charge under Article 107 and a charge under Article 134 (general article). These cases had a median confinement of 9 months, compared with 6 months for all Article 107 cases.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 107, Article 134

[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 134

**Short answer:** From 2013 to 2026, 106 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial included both a false official statement charge under Article 107 and a charge under Article 134 (general article). These cases had a median confinement of 9 months, compared with 6 months for all Article 107 cases. In this pairing, 40% of cases were contested, compared with 34%.

Based on 106 cases · 2013–2026 · Army, Navy, and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026

## A Senior Group of Accused

In this pairing, 57% of the accused were NCOs and 15% were officers. Only 28% were junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4). In all Article 107 cases, the junior enlisted share was 49%.

There were 14 convicted officers or warrant officers, and 11 of them were dismissed. For officers, dismissal takes the place of a punitive discharge.

## Mostly General Courts-Martial

General courts-martial heard 67 of the 106 cases, or 63%. In all Article 107 cases, 43% were general courts-martial. At this level, the court may adjudge any lawful sentence, from long confinement to a dishonorable discharge or dismissal. At a special court-martial, confinement stops at one year, and the most severe discharge available is a bad-conduct discharge.

At general courts-martial, 47% of the cases were contested and the median confinement was 1.5 years. At the 39 special courts-martial, 28% were contested and the median was 2 months. Since 2019, a special court-martial may also be heard by a military judge alone, with at most six months of confinement and no punitive discharge.

## Length of Confinement

Confinement was part of 80 of the 101 convictions. The median was 9 months, compared with 6 months in Article 107 cases. One quarter of terms were 2.5 years or longer. All of these are sentences as adjudged at trial. Plea-agreement caps, clemency, and appeals can reduce them, and one sentence covers all charges in a case.

Terms over one year: 32 of 101 convictions (32%), compared with 18% for the Article 107 group. Terms of 5 years or more: 10%, compared with 5%. Terms under 6 months: 31%, compared with 38%. No confinement: 21% of convictions.

| Adjudged confinement            | Convictions | Share here | Share, all Army, Navy, and Marine Corps cases charging Article 107 |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| No confinement                  | 21          | 21%        | 23%                                                                |
| Under 6 months                  | 31          | 31%        | 38%                                                                |
| 6 months to 1 year              | 17          | 17%        | 22%                                                                |
| More than 1 year, under 5 years | 22          | 22%        | 12%                                                                |
| 5 years or more                 | 10          | 10%        | 5%                                                                 |

## Pleas and Verdicts

Of the 106 cases, 89 have a plea on record. There were 53 guilty pleas and 36 not-guilty or mixed pleas. The cases with a not-guilty or mixed plea are the contested cases. They made up 40%, compared with 34% for Article 107 cases overall.

Among the 36 contested cases that reached a verdict, 4 were full acquittals (11%), with not-guilty findings on every charge. Another 14 were partial acquittals (39%): the accused was acquitted of at least one charge or specification and convicted of another. In Article 107 cases overall, the full-acquittal rate was 15%.

## Discharges for Enlisted Members

Of enlisted convictions, 61% included a punitive discharge: 31 bad-conduct discharges and 21 dishonorable discharges. In Article 107 cases overall, the rate was 60%, about the same. For enlisted members, a punitive discharge is a bad-conduct discharge or a dishonorable discharge. Only a general court-martial can adjudge the dishonorable form.

A sentence with no punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. These records do not cover administrative separations.

## Other Charges

Article 128 (assault) appeared in 33 of these cases. Article 92 (orders violation) appeared in 30, Article 120 (sexual assault) in 21, and Article 131b (obstruction, numbered since 2019) in 18\. Article 134 covers conduct that other articles do not list.

## Years and Installations

The first case is from April 2013 and the last from July 2026\. There were 27 cases in 2021, more than in any other year, and 13 in 2022\. The 2026 figure of 5 is for part of the year.

Norfolk, Virginia tried 13 of these cases. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina tried 11, Quantico, Virginia tried 5, and MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina and Fort Bragg tried 4 each. These five installations account for 35% of the cases. Installations with more personnel try more cases of every kind.

## Law Changes and Limits of the Records

Written plea agreements and judge-alone special courts-martial began with the Military Justice Act of 2016, in effect from January 1, 2019\. From December 28, 2023, the decision to prosecute covered offenses moved to special trial counsel. When every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023, sentencing follows new parameters set by the military judge.

Which rules apply turns on the offense date. These records list trial dates only, so they cannot sort cases by rule set or show whether a change affected any figure. Evidence, plea terms, nonjudicial punishment, and administrative separations are also outside the records.

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 134 (106 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 134 (General Article): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-134-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)

**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.