> ## 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. # False Official Statement Charges at San Diego, California, 2013–2018: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-article-107-2013-2018/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:51:34.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:05:59.000Z - Description: San Diego, California tried 27 courts-martial charging Article 107 (false official statement) from 2013 to 2018, and all 27 ended in a conviction on at least one charge. NCOs were 67% of the accused. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, San Diego, California, Article 107, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [San Diego, California](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-san-diego-california/) › Article 107, 2013–2018 **Short answer:** San Diego, California tried 27 courts-martial charging Article 107 (false official statement) from 2013 to 2018, and all 27 ended in a conviction on at least one charge. NCOs were 67% of the accused. Only 19% of cases were contested, compared with 27% service-wide, and 54% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 60% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Based on 27 cases · 2013–2018 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Most of the Accused Were NCOs NCOs were 67% of the people charged with a false official statement at San Diego in these years. Junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) were 30% and officers were 4%. Across the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole, junior enlisted members were 47% of those charged under Article 107. The records do not describe the statements or the positions the accused held, so they cannot show what kinds of reports or records were involved. The rank mix is the main way these cases differ from the service as a whole. Most of the other figures below are close to the service-wide numbers. ## Every Case Ended in a Conviction Of the 27 accused, 22 pleaded guilty and 5 contested at least one charge with a not-guilty or mixed plea. The contested share was 19%, lower than the 27% in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. All 27 cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge. The records do not include plea terms, so they cannot show what the accused received in exchange for a guilty plea. There were only 5 contested cases, so this post does not compare verdict rates with the rest of the service. ## Sentences Were About the Same as the Service Of the 27 sentences, 22 included confinement (81%). The median confinement was 6 months, about the same as the 6 months median in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. A quarter of confinement sentences were 1 year or longer. Each sentence length band was close to the service as a whole. Confinement under 6 months was 41% here and 41% elsewhere. Confinement of 6 months to 1 year was 26% in both. Sentences longer than one year were 4 of 27 convictions (15%), compared with 16%. Sentences with no confinement were 5 convictions (19%), compared with 17%. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and each covers every charge in the case. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases overall | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | No confinement | 5 | 19% | 17% | | Under 6 months | 11 | 41% | 41% | | 6 months to 1 year | 7 | 26% | 26% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 2 | 7% | 10% | | 5 years or more | 2 | 7% | 6% | ## Larceny Was the Most Common Other Charge In 23 of the 27 cases, at least one other article was charged. Article 121 (larceny) was the most common, in 10 cases. Article 92 (orders violation) was charged in 6\. Article 131b (obstruction, numbered since 2019) and Article 112a (drug) were charged in 5 each, and Article 128 (assault) in 3. A sentence covers the whole case. The confinement and discharge figures therefore describe cases that often combined a false statement with theft or another offense. ## Punitive Discharges Were Less Common Than the Service Rate Of 26 convicted enlisted members, 14 received a punitive discharge: 11 bad-conduct discharges and 3 dishonorable discharges. That 54% share is lower than the 60% in Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases overall. 1 officer or warrant officer was convicted and was not dismissed. A sentence without a punitive discharge or dismissal does not rule out an administrative separation, which these court records do not cover. ## Most Cases Were Special Courts-Martial General courts-martial tried 8 of the 27 cases (30%), compared with 35% across all Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases in 2013–2018\. Special courts-martial tried the rest. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year. It can impose a bad-conduct discharge but not a dishonorable discharge. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, and only a general court-martial can impose more than one year of confinement. ## Fewer Cases in the Later Years The trials run from January 2013 to November 2018\. Most were in the first 2 years: 9 in 2013 and 7 in 2014\. The counts were 3 in 2015, 1 in 2016, 3 in 2017, and 4 in 2018\. Over the whole period, Article 107 cases were 9% of the 285 courts-martial at San Diego, California. All of these trials came before January 1, 2019, when the Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect. That law set fixed panel sizes, created judge-alone special courts-martial capped at six months with no punitive discharge, and introduced written plea agreements. None of those changes applied to these cases. ## What the Records Cannot Show The records list charges, pleas, findings, and sentences. They do not show the evidence, the plea terms, or the conduct itself. False statements handled through nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation are not included. Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often omit the forum, so these records do not show who decided guilt. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 107 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com). Dates and sources for the law changes: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Courts-martial tried at San Diego, California in 2013–2018 that charged Article 107 (27 cases), compared with every Navy and Marine Corps case charging Article 107 in those years. 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 - [San Diego, California: Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-san-diego-california/) (hub) - [Article 107 (False Official Statements): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-courts-martial/) (hub) - [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) (hub) - [San Diego, California Courts-Martial, 2013–2018: What 285 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-courts-martial-2013-2018/) - [Inside 173 Courts-Martial at San Diego, California, 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-courts-martial-2019-2023/) - [San Diego, California Courts-Martial, 2024–2026: What 126 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-courts-martial-2024-2026/) - [How Has Article 107 Changed in Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial Since 2017?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-107-trend-2017-2025/) - [Article 107 Cases at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2019–2023: 22 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-article-107-2019-2023/) - [Article 107 Cases at Norfolk, Virginia, 2013–2018: 39 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/norfolk-virginia-article-107-2013-2018/) - [Article 107 Cases at Yokosuka, Japan, 2013–2018: 18 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/yokosuka-japan-article-107-2013-2018/) - [Article 107 explained on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/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](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.