Lemoore, California, 2013–2018: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 16 Cases
Lemoore, California had 16 Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial from August 2013 to August 2018, 1% of the 2,059 Navy and Marine Corps cases in those years. Of the 16 cases with a plea recorded, 11 were contested (69%), compared with 29% across the Navy and Marine Corps.
Understanding Trends in Military Practice · 5 min read
Trends › By Installation › Lemoore, California › 2013–2018
Short answer: Lemoore, California had 16 Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial from August 2013 to August 2018, 1% of the 2,059 Navy and Marine Corps cases in those years. Of the 16 cases with a plea recorded, 11 were contested (69%), compared with 29% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Of those 11 contested cases, 7 ended in a full acquittal (64%), compared with 46% in the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole.
Most Cases Were Contested
The records show 11 not-guilty or mixed pleas and 5 guilty pleas. The contested share, 69%, was higher than the 29% across the Navy and Marine Corps. A contested case is one where the accused pleaded not guilty to at least one charge.
Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often leave out the plea. These counts use only the records that list it.
Verdicts in Contested Cases
Of the 11 contested cases with a verdict, 7 ended in a full acquittal (64%). The full-acquittal rate across the Navy and Marine Corps was 46%.
Another 1 case ended in a partial acquittal (9%). A partial acquittal means not guilty of at least one charge or specification, but guilty of another.
Assault and Sexual Assault Charges
Charges are listed for 15 of the 16 cases. Article 128 (assault) was charged in 6 of them (40%), compared with 37% in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) was charged in 4 (27%), compared with 22%.
Article 134 (the general article) and Article 112a (drug offenses) were each charged in 3 cases (20%). Article 107 (false official statements), Article 121 (larceny), and Article 92 (failure to obey an order or regulation) were each charged in 2. A case with several articles counts under each one.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 128 Assault | 6 | 40% | 37% |
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 4 | 27% | 22% |
| Art. 134 General article | 3 | 20% | 13% |
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 3 | 20% | 23% |
| Art. 107 False official statements | 2 | 13% | 12% |
| Art. 121 Larceny | 2 | 13% | 13% |
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 2 | 13% | 15% |
| Art. 81 Conspiracy | 1 | 7% | 7% |
Mostly NCOs
NCOs (E-5 to E-9) made up 69% of the accused and junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) 31%. No officers were tried. In the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps, 56% of the accused were junior enlisted.
General courts-martial made up 44% of the cases (7 of 16), and special courts-martial made up the rest. A special court-martial caps confinement at 1 year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.
Sentences and Similar Installations
The median confinement at Lemoore was 52 days. A punitive discharge followed 2 of 9 enlisted convictions. These are adjudged sentences, set at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal.
Parris Island, South Carolina and Naples, Italy tried 20 and 21 cases in the same years. Naples had a contested share of 67%, and 7 of its 14 contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal. The median confinement was 2 years at Parris Island and 7 months at Naples.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemoore, California | 16 | 69% | 7 of 11 | 52 days | 2 of 9 |
| Parris Island, South Carolina | 20 | 0 of 1 | — | 2 years | 63% |
| Naples, Italy | 21 | 67% | 7 of 14 | 7 months | 38% |
Years and Limits
The yearly counts were 4 in 2013, 5 in 2014, 0 in 2015, 4 in 2016, 1 in 2017, and 2 in 2018. All of these trials 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 describe the evidence or plea terms, and they do not show 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 Lemoore, California with a trial date in 2013–2018 (16 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.
Related Analysis
- Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial: Data and Trends (hub)
- By Installation (hub)
- Everett, Washington Courts-Martial, 2013–2018: What 18 Cases Show (same years, similar size)
- Naples, Italy, 2013–2018: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 21 Cases (same years, similar size)
- Bremerton, Washington Courts-Martial, 2024–2026: What 52 Cases Show
- Bremerton, Washington, 2013–2018: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 221 Cases
- Bremerton, Washington, 2019–2023: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 153 Cases
- Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Courts-Martial, 2019–2023: What 283 Cases Show
- Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2017–2018: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 140 Cases
- Search every case in Military Trial Results (members)
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.