Deposit of Obscene Matters Art 120a Defense Attorneys
Mail – Deposit of Obscene Matters – Article 120a, UCMJ
(For offenses committed after 1 January 2019)
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The Maximum Punishment for Mail – Deposit of Obscene Matters, Article 120a, UCMJ is:
- Dishonorable Discharge
- Total Forfeiture of all pay and allowances
- Confinement for 3 years
- Reduction to the grade of E-1
Sample Specification for Mail – Deposit of Obscene Matters
In that SGT Rick Scotty, US Army, at or near Fort Bragg, NC, did on or about 1 January 2022, wrongfully and knowingly deposit in the (United States mails, for mailing and delivery a picture portraying certain obscene matters, to wit: images of his ex-wife, Lucy Scott, engaged in sexual activity.
Elements of Mail – Deposit of Obscene Matters
Each element must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt by the prosecution.
(1) That (state the time and place alleged), the accused (deposited) (caused to be deposited) in the (United States) (__________) mails, for mailing and delivery, a (letter) (picture) (__________) (containing) (portraying) (suggesting) (__________) certain matter, to wit: (state the matter alleged);
(2) That the act was done wrongfully and knowingly; and
(3) That the matter deposited was obscene.
Military sex crimes include:
- Rape
- Aggravated Sexual Contact
- Sexual Assault
- Abusive Sexual Contact
- Forcible Pandering
- Indecent Act
- Deposit of Obscene Matters – Article 120a, UCMJ
- Rape of a Child under Article 120b
- Sexual Abuse of a Child under Article 120b UCMJ
- Sexual Assault of a Child
- Indecent Viewing, Indecent Recording, or Broadcasting/Distribution of an
- Indecent Recording
- Indecent Exposure
- Child Pornography Offenses
Definitions and Other Instructions:
“Obscene” means that form of immorality relating to sexual impurity which is grossly vulgar, obscene, and repugnant to common propriety, and tends to excite sexual desire or deprave morals with respect to sexual relations. The matter must violate community standards of decency or obscenity and must go beyond customary limits of expression. The community standards of decency or obscenity are to be judged according to a reasonable person in the military community as a whole, rather than the most prudish or the most tolerant members of the military community.
“Knowingly” means the accused deposited the material with knowledge of its nature.
Knowingly depositing obscene matter in the mails is “wrongful” if it is done without legal justification or authorization.
See also Miller v. US, 413 U.S. 15 (1973), obscenity defined; US v. Negron, 60 MJ 136 (CAAF 2004).
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Deposit of Obscene Matters – Sexual Behavior in the Military
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