10 U.S.C. § 893

Art. 93. Cruelty and maltreatment

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Any person subject to this chapter who is guilty of cruelty toward, or oppression or maltreatment of, any person subject to his orders shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 123 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1958–2026 · leading case: United States v. Carson, 57 M.J. 410 (C.A.A.F. 2002).
United States v. Carson, 57 M.J. 410 (C.A.A.F. 2002). · cites it 6× “A general court-martial composed of a military judge sitting alone convicted appellant, contrary to his pleas, of five specifications of maltreatment and three specifications of indecent exposure, in violation of Articles 93 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10…”
United States v. Fuller, 54 M.J. 107 (C.A.A.F. 2000). · cites it 6× “A general court-martial composed of officer and enlisted members convicted appellant, contrary to his pleas, of cruelty and maltreatment (3 specifications), rape, sodomy (3 specifications), indecent assault, unlawful entry, fraternization, and kidnapping, in violation of…”
Parker v. Levy, 417 U.S. 733 (1974). · cites it 2× “93, 10 U. S. C. § 893 ; negligent damaging, destruction, or wrongful disposition of military property of the United States, Art.”
United States v. Kaiser, 58 M.J. 146 (C.A.A.F. 2003). · cites it 3× “” Article 93, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 893 (2002). The sodomy charge under Article 125 prohibits “unnatural carnal copulation.”
United States v. Leak, 61 M.J. 234 (C.A.A.F. 2005). · cites it 2× “Contrary to his pleas he was convicted of three specifications of maltreatment, rape, two specifications of adultery, indecent assault, indecent acts, and solicitation to commit adultery, in violation of Articles 93, 120 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10…”
Al-Bihani v. Obama, 619 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “10 U.S.C. § 893 . The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has held that the UCMJ imposes on U.”
United States v. Brown, 55 M.J. 375 (C.A.A.F. 2001). · cites it 2× “Conduct amounting to sexual harassment could be punished as a military offense if it constituted maltreatment of a subordinate under Article 93, UCMJ, 10 USC § 893 ; see para. 17c(2), Part IV, Manual, supra.”
United States v. Hibbard, 58 M.J. 71 (C.A.A.F. 2003). “A general court-martial composed of officer members convicted Appellant, contrary to his pleas, of one specification each of maltreatment, rape, indecent assault, and making a false official statement, and two specifications alleging dereliction of duty, in violation of Articles…”
Vance v. Rumsfeld, 653 F.3d 591 (7th Cir. 2011). · cites it 2× “See 10 U.S.C. § 893 (a person guilty of cruelty and maltreatment of person subject to his orders shall be punished as a court-martial may direct).”
United States v. Goddard, 47 M.J. 581 (N.M.C.C.A. 1997). · cites it 5× “The appellant was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of maltreatment of Private S and fraternization with Private A, in violation of Articles 93 and 134, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 893 , 934, respectively. See Record at 165.”
United States v. Caldwell, 75 M.J. 276 (C.A.A.F. 2016). “Contrary to his pleas, a panel of officer and enlisted members sitting as a general court-martial convicted Appellant, in relevant part, of maltreatment in violation of Article 93, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 893 (2012). We granted review to determine…”
United States v. Johnson, 54 M.J. 67 (C.A.A.F. 2000). · cites it 2× “Contrary to his pleas, he was found guilty of one specification each of maltreatment 1 and assault consummated by a battery, 2 in violation of Articles 93 and 128, UCMJ, 10 USC §§ 893 and 928, respectively. Appellant was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, 5 years'…”
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