> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Jacksonville, Florida, 2013–2018: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 78 Cases - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/jacksonville-florida-courts-martial-2013-2018/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:31:22.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:02:55.000Z - Description: Jacksonville, Florida held 78 courts-martial from 2013–2018. Only 4 of 16 decided contested cases (25%) ended in a full acquittal, compared with 46% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Article 115 was charged in 9% of cases, compared with 2% elsewhere in the service. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Jacksonville, Florida, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Jacksonville, Florida](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-jacksonville-florida/) › 2013–2018 **Short answer:** Jacksonville, Florida held 78 courts-martial from 2013–2018\. Only 4 of 16 decided contested cases (25%) ended in a full acquittal, compared with 46% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Article 115 was charged in 9% of cases, compared with 2% elsewhere in the service. Based on 78 cases · 2013–2018 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Fewer Full Acquittals Than Across the Service A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. Jacksonville had 16 contested cases and 62 guilty pleas. The contested share was 21%, compared with 29% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Of the 16 contested cases with a verdict, 4 ended in a full acquittal (25%), lower than the 46% across the service. Another 2 (12%) ended in a partial acquittal, meaning not guilty of at least one charge or specification but guilty of another. Contested cases were also less common here than at 2 similar installations, as the comparison below shows. Navy and Marine Corps records from earlier years often omit the plea, so these counts use only records that list one. ## Which Charges Were More and Less Common? Charge lists cover 76 of the 78 cases, and a case with several articles appears under each. Article 115 was charged in 9% of cases, compared with 2% across the service. Article 86 (absence without leave) was charged in 12%, compared with 7%. Article 80 (attempts) was charged in 12%, compared with 8%. Assault under Article 128 was the most common charge, in 32% of cases. That is lower than the 37% across the service. Article 107 (false official statements) was also less common: 8% compared with 12%. Sexual assault under Article 120 was charged about as often as across the service: 21% compared with 22%. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------- | | [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault | 24 | 32% | 37% | | [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 20 | 26% | 23% | | [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault | 16 | 21% | 22% | | [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation | 14 | 18% | 15% | | [Art. 121](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-121/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Larceny | 11 | 14% | 13% | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 11 | 14% | 13% | | [Art. 80](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Attempts | 9 | 12% | 8% | | [Art. 86](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-86/?ref=bodiesburied.com) AWOL | 9 | 12% | 7% | ## Pleas and Convictions by Charge 95% of cases charging Article 112a (drug) ended in a guilty plea (19 of 20), the highest share among the top charges. Cases charging Article 120 ended in a guilty plea 50% of the time (8 of 16). The records do not say why an accused pleaded guilty or contested the charges. Every case charging Article 112a (20 of 20) or Article 92 (14 of 14) ended in a conviction on that article. Article 120 ended in a conviction on that article least often, in 12 of 16 cases (75%). Article 128 did in 20 of 24 (83%). The median confinement after a conviction was 1.2 years for Article 120, 1.1 years for Article 128, 8 months for Article 92, and 6 months for Article 112a. Rows overlap because a case can include several articles. | Article | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- | | Art. 128 Assault | 24 | 20 (83%) | 1.1 years | | Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 20 | 20 (100%) | 6 months | | Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 16 | 12 (75%) | 1.2 years | | Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 14 | 14 (100%) | 8 months | ## Confinement Was About the Same as Across the Service Of 78 cases, 74 ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and 65 of those sentences included confinement (88%). The median confinement was 6 months, the same as across the Navy and Marine Corps. A quarter of the sentences were 1.2 years or longer, including 1 life sentence. Sentences longer than one year were as common as across the service: 19 of 74 convictions (26%), compared with 26%. Sentences of 5 years or more were less common: 4% compared with 9%. These are adjudged sentences, covering every charge in the case, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, Navy and Marine Corps-wide | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------------------------------- | | No confinement | 9 | 12% | 12% | | Under 6 months | 26 | 35% | 39% | | 6 months to 1 year | 20 | 27% | 23% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 16 | 22% | 18% | | 5 years or more | 3 | 4% | 9% | ## General and Special Courts-Martial A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. General courts-martial made up 42% of these cases (33 of 78). Their median confinement was 1.7 years, and 33% were contested. The 45 special courts-martial had a median confinement of 4 months, and 11% were contested. ## Punitive Discharges and Rank Of 71 convicted enlisted members, 47 received a punitive discharge: 33 bad-conduct and 14 dishonorable. The comparison table puts that share at 66%, compared with 64% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Neither of the 2 convicted officers or warrant officers was dismissed. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. The accused included 45 junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4), 29 NCOs (E-5 to E-9), and 3 officers or warrant officers. This mix was similar to the service as a whole, where 56% were junior enlisted. ## How Many Cases Each Year? The yearly counts were 2013: 20, 2014: 22, 2015: 16, 2016: 1, 2017: 6, and 2018: 13, with the last case in November 2018\. The 78 cases were 4% of the 2,059 Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial in those years. There was only 1 case in 2016\. The records do not explain the low count that year. ## Compared With Washington, D.C. and Pensacola Washington, D.C. (76 cases) and Pensacola, Florida (74 cases) tried a similar number of cases in the same years. All 3 installations had a median confinement of 6 months. Jacksonville had the lowest contested share of the 3: 21%, compared with 39% and 38%. It had fewer full acquittals in decided contested cases: 4 of 16, compared with 13 of 29 and 12 of 26\. Its punitive discharge share was the highest: 66%, compared with 59% and 56%. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | --------------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | Jacksonville, Florida | 78 | 21% | 4 of 16 | 6 months | 66% | | Washington, D.C. | 76 | 39% | 13 of 29 | 6 months | 59% | | Pensacola, Florida | 74 | 38% | 12 of 26 | 6 months | 56% | ## The Rules That Applied and What the Records Omit Every case here was tried before January 1, 2019, when the Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect with fixed panel sizes, judge-alone special courts-martial, and written plea agreements. The records list charges, pleas, findings, and sentences, with trial dates rather than offense dates. They do not show the evidence, the plea terms, or conduct handled through nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation. Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Every court-martial in the data tried at Jacksonville, Florida with a trial date in 2013–2018 (78 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](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/). 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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.