Everett, Washington Courts-Martial, 2013–2018: What 18 Cases Show
The records show 18 courts-martial at Everett, Washington from 2013 to 2018. 13 accused pleaded guilty and 5 contested at least one charge, and 4 of those 5 contested cases ended in a full acquittal.
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Short answer: The records show 18 courts-martial at Everett, Washington from 2013 to 2018. 13 accused pleaded guilty and 5 contested at least one charge, and 4 of those 5 contested cases ended in a full acquittal. The median confinement after conviction was 6 months, the same as across the Navy and Marine Corps.
Contested Cases and Full Acquittals
A contested case is one where the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. At Everett, 5 cases were contested and 13 were guilty pleas. The contested share was 28%, about the same as the 29% across the Navy and Marine Corps.
4 of the 5 contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal. At Naples, Italy, which tried a similar number of cases, 7 of 14 did. With only 5 contested cases at Everett, each one moves the result.
Confinement After Conviction
14 cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and 12 of those sentences included confinement (86%). The median was 6 months, the same as the Navy and Marine Corps median. A quarter of the terms were 3.3 years or longer.
These terms are adjudged sentences. They were set at trial, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and a single term covers every charge in its case.
Punitive Discharges
62% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge: 6 bad-conduct discharges and 2 dishonorable discharges. The rate in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps was 64%. The 1 convicted officer was dismissed, which is the officer form of a punitive discharge.
A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation.
Assault, Sexual Assault, and Orders Charges
17 of the 18 records list charges. Article 128 (assault) appears in 6 cases (35%), compared with 37% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) appears in 4 (24%), compared with 22%.
Article 92 (failure to obey an order or regulation) also appears in 4 cases (24%), higher than the 15% service share. Article 115 (malingering) appears in 2 cases (12%), compared with 2%. Article 121 (larceny) and Article 134 (the general article) each appear in 1 case (6%), lower than the 13% service shares. A case counts under every article it charges.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the whole Navy and Marine Corps docket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 128 Assault | 6 | 35% | 37% |
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 4 | 24% | 22% |
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 4 | 24% | 15% |
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 3 | 18% | 23% |
| Art. 107 False official statements | 2 | 12% | 12% |
| Art. 115 Malingering | 2 | 12% | 2% |
| Art. 121 Larceny | 1 | 6% | 13% |
| Art. 134 General article | 1 | 6% | 13% |
Rank and Court Level
11 accused were junior enlisted (E-1 to E-4), 6 were NCOs (E-5 to E-9), and 1 was an officer. That mix is more junior than the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps, where 56% were junior enlisted.
8 of the 18 cases were general courts-martial (44%). A general court-martial can impose long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. The rest were special courts-martial.
Everett, Parris Island, and Naples
Parris Island, South Carolina tried 20 cases and Naples, Italy tried 21 in the same years. Parris Island had a median confinement of 2 years, and Naples had 7 months. Their punitive discharge rates for enlisted convictions were 63% and 38%.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everett, Washington | 18 | 28% | 4 of 5 | 6 months | 62% |
| Parris Island, South Carolina | 20 | 0 of 1 | — | 2 years | 63% |
| Naples, Italy | 21 | 67% | 7 of 14 | 7 months | 38% |
When the Cases Were Tried, and What Is Missing
The trials ran from January 2013 to January 2018: 9 in 2013, 4 in 2014, 0 in 2015, 1 in 2016, 3 in 2017, and 1 in 2018. They are 1% of the 2,059 Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial in those years. All came before the Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect on January 1, 2019.
The records give trial dates, not offense dates. They do not show the evidence, plea terms, or cases handled by nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial in the data tried at Everett, Washington with a trial date in 2013–2018 (18 cases), compared with all 2,059 Navy and Marine Corps trials in those years. Dates are trial dates.
Source: public court-martial records (Article 140a, UCMJ) in Military Trial Results, data updated October 24, 2026. Definitions, sources, and known gaps: how this data was built. Errors: content@bodiesburied.com.
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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.