Article 87a (Resisting Apprehension, Numbered Since 2019): Court-Martial Data and Trends
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).
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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
- How Has Article 87a Changed in Air Force Courts-Martial Since 2016?
- Fewer or More? Resisting Apprehension Charges at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2017–2025
Sentences
- What Sentence Follows an Army Resisting Apprehension Conviction?
- What Sentence Follows an Air Force Resisting Apprehension Conviction?
- What Sentence Follows a Navy-Marine Corps Resisting Apprehension Conviction?
Guilty Pleas
- When Army Accused Plead Guilty to Resisting Apprehension
- Pleading Guilty to Article 87a in the Air Force: What Sentences Followed?
- Pleading Guilty to Article 87a in the Navy-Marine Corps: What Sentences Followed?
By Rank
- What Happens to Army Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Resisting Apprehension Charges?
- Navy-Marine Corps Resisting Apprehension Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences
Charged Together With Other Articles
- When Article 128 and Article 87a Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Articles 87a and 92 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 112a and Article 87a Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- General Article Plus Resisting Apprehension: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 134 and 87a
Charged Together, by Service
Across the Services
How this data was built: methodology and known gaps.
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. This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.