10 U.S.C. § 908

Art. 108. Military property of United States—Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition

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Any person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority—(1) sells or otherwise disposes of;(2) willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or(3) willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of;any military property of the United States, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 71.)

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908

50:702.

May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 108), 64 Stat. 138.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 191 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1957–2026 · leading case: United States v. Quiroz, 55 M.J. 334 (C.A.A.F. 2001).
United States v. Quiroz, 55 M.J. 334 (C.A.A.F. 2001). · cites it 2× “25 pounds of M112 demolition charge [C-4]): (1) conspiracy to wrongfully dispose of the property, in violation of Article 81, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 USC § 881 ; (2) wrongful sale of the property, in violation of Article 108, UCMJ, 10 USC § 908 ; (3)…”
Parker v. Levy, 417 U.S. 733 (1974). · cites it 2× “108, 10 U. S. C. § 908 ; improper hazarding of a vessel, Art.”
United States v. Hayes, 70 M.J. 454 (C.A.A.F. 2012). · cites it 2× “Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland convicted Appellee, pursuant to his pleas, of eleven specifications of selling military property without authority and ten specifications of larceny of military property, in violation of Articles 108 and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice…”
United States v. Ginn, 47 M.J. 236 (C.A.A.F. 1997). “Pursuant to his pleas, he was found guilty of wrongful disposition of military property, sodomy, committing indecent acts with children (3 specifications), and taking indecent liberties with a child, in violation of Articles 108, 125, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice,…”
United States v. Claxton, 32 M.J. 159 (1991). “Opinion COX, Judge: On April 8, 1987, the accused pleaded guilty without benefit of a pretrial agreement to one specification each of destruction of military property, use of marijuana, larceny, and housebreaking, in violation of Articles 108, 112a, 121, and 130, Uniform Code of…”
United States v. Boyd, 55 M.J. 217 (C.A.A.F. 2001). “llant, pursuant to his pleas, of destroying government property, wrongful use of controlled substances (2 specifications), larceny of military property (3 specifications), and conduct unbecoming an officer by wrongfully injecting himself with a controlled substance while on duty…”
United States v. West, 17 M.J. 145 (1984). · cites it 3× “§ 921 , and wrongful disposition of this same piece of government property, in violation of Article 108, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 908 . 1 We granted review to consider the propriety of the charge under Article 108.”
United States v. Mitchell, 39 M.J. 131 (1994). “In accordance with his pleas, he was found guilty of wrongful disposal of military property, theft of property of the United States, indecent assault, and using indecent language, in violation of Articles 108, 121, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 908 , 921,…”
United States v. Anderson, 25 M.J. 342 (1987). · cites it 2× “general court-martial at Fort McPherson, Georgia, convicted Anderson, pursuant to his pleas, of willfully suffering military property to be damaged beyond repair (hereafter referred to as willful destruction of military *343 property), drunk driving with injuries, and…”
United States v. Briggs, 64 M.J. 285 (C.A.A.F. 2007). “Contrary to his pleas, Appellant was convicted of four specifications of selling military property and one specification of larceny on divers occasions, in violation of Articles 108 and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 908 , 921 (2000), respectively.”
United States v. Nault, 4 M.J. 318 (1978). “Article 108, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 908 . . Article 92, UCMJ, 10 U.”
United States v. Schneider, 14 M.J. 189 (1982). “martial, military judge alone, the accused was convicted, despite his pleas, of four specifications of willfully destroying government property; one specification of damaging property other than military property; two specifications of arson; and one specification of communi…”
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