Fort Lee in 2025: 12 Courts-Martial, Year in Review
Fort Lee tried 12 courts-martial in 2025. General courts-martial made up 92% of the cases (11 of 12), and 17% were contested, compared with 20% in the rest of the Army. Both contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal.
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Short answer: Fort Lee tried 12 courts-martial in 2025. General courts-martial made up 92% of the cases (11 of 12), and 17% were contested, compared with 20% in the rest of the Army. Both contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal.
Nearly All General Courts-Martial
Of the 12 cases, 11 were general courts-martial and 1 was a special court-martial. A general court-martial is the level that can impose long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.
Pleas and Acquittals
In 10 cases the accused pleaded guilty, and 2 contested at least one charge, meaning a not-guilty or mixed plea. The contested share, 17%, is lower than the 20% in the rest of the Army.
Of the 10 guilty pleas, 8 are recorded with a plea agreement and 2 have no entry. Army records say whether there was an agreement, not what it said. Both contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal (2 of 2).
Assault, Larceny, and False Statements
The charge lists cover 10 of the 12 cases, and one case can appear under several articles. Article 128 (assault) was charged in 3 cases (30%), compared with 19% across the Army.
Article 121 (larceny), Article 128b (domestic violence), Article 120 (rape and sexual assault), and Article 107 (false official statements) each appeared in 2 cases (20%). Larceny and false official statements were each charged in 6% of cases Army-wide.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, Army-wide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 128 Assault | 3 | 30% | 19% |
| Art. 121 Larceny | 2 | 20% | 6% |
| Art. 128b Domestic violence | 2 | 20% | 26% |
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 2 | 20% | 11% |
| Art. 107 False official statements | 2 | 20% | 6% |
| Art. 90 Willfully disobeying superior officer | 1 | 10% | 6% |
| Art. 119b Child endangerment | 1 | 10% | 3% |
| Art. 134 General article | 1 | 10% | 22% |
Rank and Forum
By rank, the accused were 5 junior enlisted members, 5 NCOs, and 2 officers, a more senior group than in the rest of the Army.
The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt. A judge alone heard 10 cases. An enlisted panel heard 1 and an officer panel heard 1. Members heard 17% of the cases, compared with 15% across the Army.
Fort Drum and Fort Stewart
Fort Drum and Fort Stewart each tried 20 cases in 2025. The median confinement at Fort Lee was 20 days, shorter than the 5 months at Fort Drum and the 6 months at Fort Stewart. Of 7 convicted enlisted members at Fort Lee, 4 received a punitive discharge, compared with 94% at Fort Drum and 100% at Fort Stewart. These are adjudged sentences, set before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lee | 12 | 17% | 2 of 2 | 20 days | 4 of 7 |
| Fort Drum | 20 | 15% | 2 of 2 | 5 months | 94% |
| Fort Stewart | 20 | 5% | 0 of 1 | 6 months | 100% |
Rule Changes Since December 2023
Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel, not commanders, decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. When every guilty finding in a case is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. The records give trial dates, not offense dates, so they cannot show which rules applied.
What Is Not in the Records
Only cases that reached a courtroom appear here. Cases resolved by nonjudicial punishment, administrative separation, or no action are not included, and the records do not describe the evidence or the plea terms.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial tried at Fort Lee with a trial date in 2025 (12 cases).
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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Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Fort Lee, 2025
Names and links only. Each judge's record of pleas, findings, and sentences is on their Know Your Judge page, part of the Court-Martial Characters membership.
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.