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# Article 87a (Resisting Apprehension, Numbered Since 2019): Court-Martial Data and Trends
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-87a-courts-martial/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:34:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T08:22:59.000Z
- Description: Analysis of the 99 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 87a (Resisting apprehension, numbered since 2019).
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 87a, #trends-hub

[Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › Article 87a

Analysis of the 99 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 87a (Resisting apprehension, numbered since 2019).

## By Service

- [Fewer or More? Resisting Apprehension Charges at Army Courts-Martial, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-87a-trend-2021-2025/)
- [How Has Article 87a Changed in Air Force Courts-Martial Since 2016?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-87a-trend-2016-2025/)
- [Fewer or More? Resisting Apprehension Charges at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2017–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-87a-trend-2017-2025/)

## Sentences

- [What Sentence Follows an Army Resisting Apprehension Conviction?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-87a-sent-2021-2025/)
- [What Sentence Follows an Air Force Resisting Apprehension Conviction?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-87a-sent-2016-2025/)
- [What Sentence Follows a Navy-Marine Corps Resisting Apprehension Conviction?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-87a-sent-2017-2025/)

## Guilty Pleas

- [When Army Accused Plead Guilty to Resisting Apprehension](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-87a-plea-2021-2025/)
- [Pleading Guilty to Article 87a in the Air Force: What Sentences Followed?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-87a-plea-2016-2025/)
- [Pleading Guilty to Article 87a in the Navy-Marine Corps: What Sentences Followed?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-87a-plea-2017-2025/)

## By Rank

- [What Happens to Army Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Resisting Apprehension Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-87a-junior-enlisted/)
- [Navy-Marine Corps Resisting Apprehension Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-87a-junior-enlisted/)

## Charged Together With Other Articles

- [When Article 128 and Article 87a Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-128-and-article-87a-charged-together/)
- [Articles 87a and 92 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-87a-and-article-92-charged-together/)
- [When Article 112a and Article 87a Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-112a-and-article-87a-charged-together/)
- [General Article Plus Resisting Apprehension: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 134 and 87a](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-134-and-article-87a-charged-together/)

## Charged Together, by Service

- [Article 128 With Article 87a in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-128-and-article-87a-charged-together/)

## Across the Services

- [62 Article 87a Courts-Martial in Three Services, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-87a-across-the-services-2021-2025/)

How this data was built: [methodology and known gaps](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-the-military-trial-results-data-was-built/).

**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.