> ## 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.

# What Mayport, Florida Tried in 2016
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/mayport-florida-courts-martial-2016/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:54:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T08:13:05.000Z
- Description: Mayport, Florida had 27 courts-martial in 2016. The median confinement after conviction was 8 months, compared with 6 months across the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. Drug charges under Article 112a appeared in 31% of cases, compared with 26% service-wide.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Mayport, Florida, Navy-Marine Corps

[Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Mayport, Florida](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-mayport-florida/) › 2016

**Short answer:** Mayport, Florida had 27 courts-martial in 2016\. The median confinement after conviction was 8 months, compared with 6 months across the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. Drug charges under Article 112a appeared in 31% of cases, compared with 26% service-wide.

Based on 27 cases · 2016 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026

## More NCOs Than Junior Enlisted

The accused at Mayport were more senior than in the Navy and Marine Corps overall. Of 27 accused, 16 were NCOs (E-5 to E-9) and 11 were junior enlisted (E-1 to E-4). There were no officers or warrant officers. Elsewhere in the Navy and Marine Corps, 51% of the accused were junior enlisted.

General courts-martial were 14 of the 27 cases (52%), about the same as the 49% in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. 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.

## Most Sentences Were Between 6 Months and a Year

Of 25 convictions, 23 included confinement. The median confinement was 8 months, longer than the 6 months across the whole Navy and Marine Corps. A quarter of the confinement sentences were 1 year or longer.

The largest difference was in the middle band. Sentences from 6 months to 1 year were 12 convictions, or 48%, compared with 27% service-wide. Sentences under 6 months were only 24%, compared with 35%. Sentences longer than one year were less common: 5 of 25 (20%), compared with 27%. Still, 3 convictions (12%) included 5 years or more.

All of these are adjudged sentences, as imposed at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each one covers every charge in the case.

| Adjudged confinement            | Convictions | Share here | Share, the whole Navy and Marine Corps docket |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| No confinement                  | 2           | 8%         | 10%                                           |
| Under 6 months                  | 6           | 24%        | 35%                                           |
| 6 months to 1 year              | 12          | 48%        | 27%                                           |
| More than 1 year, under 5 years | 2           | 8%         | 20%                                           |
| 5 years or more                 | 3           | 12%        | 7%                                            |

## Drugs and Assault Were the Most Common Charges

Charge lists exist for 26 of 27 cases. Article 128 (assault) was the most common charge, in 10 cases, or 38%, the same share as across the Navy and Marine Corps. Article 112a (wrongful use or possession of controlled substances) was next, in 8 cases: 31%, compared with 26%.

Some less common charges appeared more often here. Article 115, which in this period covered malingering, appeared in 3 cases (12%), compared with 3% service-wide. Article 90 (willfully disobeying a superior officer) appeared in 2 cases, 8% compared with 2%. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) appeared in 19% of cases, about the same as the 21% elsewhere. A case with several articles counts under each.

| 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                                   | 10    | 38%        | 38%                                         |
| [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 8     | 31%        | 26%                                         |
| [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault                            | 5     | 19%        | 21%                                         |
| [Art. 121](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-121/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Larceny                                   | 4     | 15%        | 11%                                         |
| [Art. 115](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-115/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Malingering                               | 3     | 12%        | 3%                                          |
| [Art. 80](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Attempts                                    | 3     | 12%        | 9%                                          |
| Art. 81 Conspiracy                                                                                                                                 | 3     | 12%        | 9%                                          |
| [Art. 90](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-90/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Willfully disobeying superior officer       | 2     | 8%         | 2%                                          |

## Convictions on the Most Common Charges

Assault charges ended in a conviction on Article 128 in 10 of 10 cases. The median confinement for those convictions was 8 months. Drug charges under Article 112a ended in a conviction on that article in 7 of 8 cases, with a 6-month median.

These counts overlap. One case can include a conviction on one charge and an acquittal on another.

| Article                                                     | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Art. 128 Assault                                            | 10                | 10 (100%)               | 8 months                                |
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 8                 | 7 (7 of 8)              | 6 months                                |

## Pleas and Acquittals

Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often omit the plea. Here, 26 of 27 records list one. Of those, 20 were guilty pleas and 6 were contested, meaning the accused pleaded not guilty to at least one charge. The contested share was 23%, compared with 27% across the Navy and Marine Corps.

Of the 6 contested cases that reached a verdict, 2 ended in a full acquittal.

## Punitive Discharges

A bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge followed 68% of enlisted convictions: 13 bad-conduct and 4 dishonorable. The rate for the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole was 62%. A punitive discharge is separate from an administrative separation, which can still follow a sentence that did not include a punitive discharge.

## The 2 Court Levels

At the 14 general courts-martial, 100% of convictions included confinement, with a median of 1 year. At the 13 special courts-martial, 83% of convictions included confinement, with a median of 5 months. A special court-martial cannot impose more than one year of confinement.

## Mayport Compared With Bremerton and San Diego

Bremerton, Washington (37 cases) and San Diego, California (45 cases) tried a similar number of Navy and Marine Corps cases. The contested share at Mayport, 23%, was about the same as San Diego's 22%. At Bremerton, only 3% of cases were contested.

Mayport had the longest median confinement of the 3, 8 months. The median was 5 months at Bremerton and 6 months at San Diego. Mayport's punitive discharge rate, 68%, was also higher than the 56% at each of the other installations.

| Installation          | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
| --------------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- |
| Mayport, Florida      | 27    | 23%       | 2 of 6                              | 8 months           | 68%                           |
| Bremerton, Washington | 37    | 3%        | 1 of 1                              | 5 months           | 56%                           |
| San Diego, California | 45    | 22%       | 7 of 10                             | 6 months           | 56%                           |

## Rules and Limits

These trials took place under the rules in force before the Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect on January 1, 2019\. That law later set fixed panel sizes, added judge-alone special courts-martial, and introduced written plea agreements.

The records show trial dates, not offense dates. They do not include nonjudicial punishment, administrative separations, cases closed without action, the evidence, or plea terms.

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 tried at Mayport, Florida with a trial date in 2016 (27 cases).

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/). Errors: content@bodiesburied.com.

## Related Analysis

- [Mayport, Florida: Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-mayport-florida/) (hub)
- [By Year](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-year/) (hub)
- [Mayport, Florida in 2015: 11 Courts-Martial, Year in Review](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/mayport-florida-courts-martial-2015/) (previous / next)
- [Mayport, Florida in 2017: 16 Courts-Martial, Year in Review](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/mayport-florida-courts-martial-2017/) (previous / next)
- [Mayport, Florida Courts-Martial, 2013–2018: What 97 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/mayport-florida-courts-martial-2013-2018/) (the whole period)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Bremerton, Washington: 2015](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-courts-martial-2015/)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Bremerton, Washington: 2017](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-courts-martial-2017/)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Bremerton, Washington: 2018](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-courts-martial-2018/)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Bremerton, Washington: 2020](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-courts-martial-2020/)
- [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members)

← Previous: [Mayport, Florida in 2015: 11 Courts-Martial, Year in Review](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/mayport-florida-courts-martial-2015/)Next: [Mayport, Florida in 2017: 16 Courts-Martial, Year in Review](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/mayport-florida-courts-martial-2017/) →

**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](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.