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10 U.S.C. § 921

Art. 121. Larceny and wrongful appropriation

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(a) Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind—(1) with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of larceny; or(2) with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation.(b) Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 73.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

921(a)

921(b)

50:715(a).

50:715(b).

May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 121), 64 Stat. 140.

In subsection (a), the words “whatever” and “true” are omitted as surplusage. The word “it” is substituted for the words “the same” in clauses (1) and (2).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1,386 cases (66 in the last 5 years), 1957–2026 · leading case: United States v. Reed
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United States v. Reed (2000) armfor · cites it 4× “The charges and specifications of which appellant was convicted were two specifications of making false official statements, in violation of Article 107, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 907 , and one specification of larceny, in violation of Article 121, UCMJ, 10 USC…”
United States v. Binegar (2001) armfor · cites it 6× “another person of the use and benefit of property”; (b) “defraud another person of the use and benefit of property”; (c) “appropriate it [the property] to his own use”; or (d) “appropriate it to .”
United States v. George William Blood (04-5101) and Stephen L. Crittenden (04-5261) (2006) ca6 · cites it 2× “10 U.S.C. § 921 (a) (emphasis added). “Another person” contrasts with “any person” that begins the section, which, like “whoever” in § 513(a), is anyone subject to prosecution under the law.”
Middendorf v. Henry (1976) scotus · cites it 2× “[8] See 10 U. S. C. §§ 921 , 928. Figures supplied by the federal parties indicate that in 1973, 14% of the summary courts-martial conducted by the Navy were for "nonmilitary offenses.”
Weiss v. United States (1994) scotus · cites it 2× “Petitioner Weiss, a United States Marine, pleaded guilty at a special court-martial to one count of larceny, in violation of Article 121 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ or Code), 10 U. S. C. § 921 . He was sentenced to three months of confinement, partial…”
United States v. Phillips (2011) armfor · cites it 2× “Consistent with his plea, Appellant was convicted by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial of larceny in violation of Article 121, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 921 (2006). Contrary to his plea, Appellant was convicted of wrongfully possessing child pornography as conduct…”
United States v. Collier (2009) armfor · cites it 2× “Facts A special court-martial composed of members convicted Appellant, contrary to her pleas, of one specification of larceny of military property and one specification of obstructing justice by wrongfully endeavoring to influence the testimony of a witness, in violation of…”
Rush v. Hillside Buffalo, LLC (2018) nywd · cites it 2× “Plaintiff has also filed a motion for a temporary restraining order, a motion for a preliminary injunction, and a motion for an expedited hearing on his preliminary injunction application.”
United States v. Dowty (2004) armfor · cites it 2× “A general court-martial composed of officer members convicted Appellant, contrary to his pleas, of three specifications of larceny and one specification of fraud against the United States in violation of Articles 121 and 132, Uniform Code of Military Justice [hereinafter UCMJ],…”
United States v. Foster (1994) cma · cites it 2× “There, the accused was charged with larceny and forgery, violations of Articles 121 and 123, UCMJ, 10 USC §§ 921 and 923, respectively. A glance at the elements of those offense reveals conclusively that the elements of neither was derivable from or includable within elements of…”
United States v. Gay (2015) afcca “PUBLISHED OPINION OF THE COURT WEBER, Judge: The appellant pled not guilty at a general court-martial to four specifications of larceny, four specifications of wrongful appropriation, one specification of wire fraud, and one specification of identity theft, in violation of…”
United States v. Antonelli (1992) cma · cites it 3× “Opinion of the Court WISS, Judge: At his general court-martial, which included enlisted members, Antonelli pleaded not guilty to charges alleging larceny of money from the United States over a peri *123 od of time and two instances of signing a false official document with…”
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— 10 U.S.C. § 921(a)(1) — 1 case
United States v. Spencer (2026) armfor
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