A Year of Courts-Martial at Mayport, Florida: 2014
The records list 21 courts-martial at Mayport, Florida in 2014. Article 121 (larceny) was charged in 26% of the cases with charges listed, compared with 13% across the Navy and Marine Corps.
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Short answer: The records list 21 courts-martial at Mayport, Florida in 2014. Article 121 (larceny) was charged in 26% of the cases with charges listed, compared with 13% across the Navy and Marine Corps. The median confinement was 4 months, compared with 5 months service-wide, and 4 of 5 contested cases ended in a full acquittal.
Pleas and Full Acquittals
Of the 21 records, 20 list a plea: 15 guilty pleas and 5 not-guilty or mixed pleas. A case with a not-guilty or mixed plea is a contested case. The contested share of 25% was lower than the 33% across the Navy and Marine Corps.
Of the 5 contested cases that reached a verdict, 4 ended in a full acquittal, meaning not guilty of all charges.
A More Senior Group of Accused
The accused included 6 junior enlisted members, 14 NCOs, and 1 officer. This group is more senior than the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole.
General courts-martial heard 9 cases and special courts-martial heard 12. The general share of 43% compared with 46% service-wide. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.
Larceny, Assault, and Sexual Assault
Charges are listed for 19 of the 21 cases, and a case with several articles counts under each one. Article 128 (assault) appeared in 7 cases (37%), compared with 40% across the service. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) appeared in 6 cases (32%), compared with 30%.
Article 121 (larceny) appeared in 5 cases (26%), compared with 13%. Article 86 (AWOL) and Article 134 (general article) each appeared in 2 cases (11%), the same as the service-wide shares.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, all Navy and Marine Corps cases in those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 128 Assault | 7 | 37% | 40% |
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 6 | 32% | 30% |
| Art. 121 Larceny | 5 | 26% | 13% |
| Art. 86 AWOL | 2 | 11% | 11% |
| Art. 134 General article | 2 | 11% | 11% |
| Art. 107 False official statements | 1 | 5% | 11% |
| Art. 109 Property other than military; waste, spoilage, destruction | 1 | 5% | 2% |
| Art. 130 Housebreaking | 1 | 5% | 1% |
Confinement
Of 17 convictions, 16 included confinement. The median confinement was 4 months, compared with 5 months across the Navy and Marine Corps. A quarter of the sentences with confinement were 1 year or longer.
These are adjudged sentences. They cover every charge in the case and come before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal.
Punitive Discharges
Of 17 convicted enlisted members, 10 received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge (59%), the same share as across the Navy and Marine Corps. Of those 10, 3 were dishonorable. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation.
Jacksonville and Yokosuka
Jacksonville, Florida tried 22 cases and Yokosuka, Japan tried 20 in the same year. Both had higher contested shares: 36% at Jacksonville and 50% at Yokosuka. Full acquittals in contested cases were 3 of 8 at Jacksonville and 3 of 10 at Yokosuka.
The median confinement was 1 year at Jacksonville and 3 months at Yokosuka. Punitive discharges for convicted enlisted members were 63% at Jacksonville and 56% at Yokosuka.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayport, Florida | 21 | 25% | 4 of 5 | 4 months | 59% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 22 | 36% | 3 of 8 | 1 year | 63% |
| Yokosuka, Japan | 20 | 50% | 3 of 10 | 3 months | 56% |
Rules and Record Limits
These trials came before the Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect on January 1, 2019. That law later set fixed panel sizes, created judge-alone special courts-martial capped at six months, and brought in written plea agreements.
Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often omit the plea and forum. The records do not show the evidence, the plea terms, or conduct handled outside a court-martial.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial tried at Mayport, Florida with a trial date in 2014 (21 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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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.