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10 U.S.C. § 918 — Art. 118. Murder
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Any person subject to this chapter who, without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills a human being, when such person—
(1) has a premeditated design to kill;
(2) intends to kill or inflict great bodily harm;
(3) is engaged in an act which is inherently dangerous to another and evinces a wanton disregard of human life; or
(4) is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of burglary, rape, rape of a child, sexual assault, sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual contact, sexual abuse of a child, robbery, or aggravated arson;
is guilty of murder, and shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct, except that if found guilty under clause (1) or (4), such person shall suffer death or imprisonment for life as a court-martial may direct, unless such person is otherwise sentenced in accordance with a plea agreement entered into between the parties under [section 853a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section853a&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 53a).
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Any person subject to this chapter who, without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills a human being, when such person—
(1) has a premeditated design to kill;
(2) intends to kill or inflict great bodily harm;
(3) is engaged in an act which is inherently dangerous to another and evinces a wanton disregard of human life; or
(4) is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of burglary, rape, rape of a child, sexual assault, sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual contact, sexual abuse of a child, robbery, or aggravated arson;
is guilty of murder, and shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct, except that if found guilty under clause (1) or (4), such person shall suffer death or imprisonment for life as a court-martial may direct, unless such person is otherwise sentenced in accordance with a plea agreement entered into between the parties under [section 853a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section853a&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 53a).
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**(a) In General.—**
(1) Subject to paragraph (3), at any time before the announcement of findings under [section 853 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section853&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 53), the convening authority and the accused may enter into a plea agreement with respect to such matters as—
(A) the manner in which the convening authority will dispose of one or more charges and specifications; and
(B) limitations on the sentence that may be adjudged for one or more charges and specifications.
(2) The military judge of a general or special court-martial may not participate in discussions between the parties concerning prospective terms and conditions of a plea agreement.
(3) With respect to charges and specifications over which a special trial counsel exercises authority pursuant to [section 824a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section824a&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 24a), a plea agreement under this section may only be entered into between a special trial counsel and the accused. Such agreement shall be subject to the same limitations and conditions applicable to other plea agreements under this section (article).
**(b) Acceptance of Plea Agreement.—** Subject to subsection (c), the military judge of a general or special court-martial shall accept a plea agreement submitted by the parties, except that—
(1) in the case of an offense with a sentencing parameter set forth in regulations prescribed by the President pursuant to section 539E(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, the military judge may reject a plea agreement that proposes a sentence that is outside the sentencing parameter if the military judge determines
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In this chapter (the Uniform Code of Military Justice):
(1) The term “Judge Advocate General” means, severally, the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, an official designated to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(2) The Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy, shall be considered as one armed force.
(3) The term “commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers.
(4) The term “officer in charge” means a member of the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard designated as such by appropriate authority.
(5) The term “superior commissioned officer” means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command.
(6) The term “cadet” means a cadet of the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy.
(7) The term “midshipman” means a midshipman of the United States Naval Academy and any other midshipman on active duty in the naval service.
(8) The term “military” refers to any or all of the armed forces.
(9) The term “accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused.
(10) The term “military judge” means a judge advocate designated under [section 826(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section826/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 26(c)) who is detailed under section 826(a) or [section 830a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-
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**(a)** Subject to [section 843 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section843&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 43), a person who is in a status in which the person is subject to this chapter and who committed an offense against this chapter while formerly in a status in which the person was subject to this chapter is not relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this chapter for that offense by reason of a termination of that person’s former status.
**(b)** Each person discharged from the armed forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained his discharge is, subject to [section 843 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section843&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 43), subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is after apprehension subject to this chapter while in the custody of the armed forces for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge he is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this chapter committed before the fraudulent discharge.
**(c)** No person who has deserted from the armed forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this chapter by virtue of a separation from any later period of service.
**(d)** A member of a reserve component or the Space Force who is subject to this chapter is not, by virtue of the termination of a period of active duty or inactive-duty training, relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this chapter for an offense against this chapter committed during such period of active duty or inactive-duty training.
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**(a) No Limitation for Certain Offenses.—** A person charged with absence without leave or missing movement in time of war, with murder, rape or sexual assault, or rape or sexual assault of a child, maiming of a child, kidnapping of a child, or with any other offense punishable by death, may be tried and punished at any time without limitation.
**(b) Five-year Limitation for Trial by Court-martial.—**
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section (article), a person charged with an offense is not liable to be tried by court-martial if the offense was committed more than five years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command.
(2)
(A) A person charged with having committed a child abuse offense against a child is liable to be tried by court-martial if the sworn charges and specifications are received during the life of the child or within ten years after the date on which the offense was committed, whichever provides a longer period, by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction with respect to that person.
(B) In subparagraph (A), the term “child abuse offense” means an act that involves abuse of a person who has not attained the age of 16 years and constitutes any of the following offenses:
(i) Any offense in violation of section 920, 920a, 920b, 920c, or 930 of this title (article 120, 120a, 120b, 120c, or 130), unless the offense is covered by subsection (a).
(ii) Aggravated assault, assault consummated by a battery, or assault with intent to commit specified offenses in violation of [section 928 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section928&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 128).
(C) In subparagr
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**(a)** Any person subject to this chapter who, with an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being in the heat of sudden passion caused by adequate provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
**(b)** Any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being—
(1) by culpable negligence; or
(2) while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate an offense, other than those named in clause (4) of [section 918 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section918&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 118), directly affecting the person;
is guilty of involuntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 671, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, defined “principal”. See [section 877 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section877&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
Section 672, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, related to accessories after the fact. See [section 878 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section878&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 673, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, authorized conviction of lesser included offense. See [section 879 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section879&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 674, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 138, related to attempts. See [section 880 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section880&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 675, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 138, related to conspiracy. See [section 881 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section881&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 676, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, related to solicitation. See [section 882 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section882&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 677, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, related to fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation. See [section 883 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section883&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 678, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 135, related to unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation. See [section 884 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xh
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 918
reasonable expectation of privacy regarding
any broadcast or distribution of the intimate
visual image or visual image of sexually ex-
plicit conduct;
(3) who knows or reasonably should have
known that the broadcast or distribution of
the intimate visual image or visual image of
sexually explicit conduct is likely—
(A) to cause harm, harassment, intimida-
tion, emotional distress, or financial loss for
the person depicted in the intimate visual
image or visual image of sexually explicit
conduct; or
(B) to harm substantially the depicted per-
son with respect to that person’s health,
safety, business, calling, career, financial
condition, reputation, or personal relation-
ships; and
(4) whose conduct, under the circumstances,
had a reasonably direct and palpable connec-
tion to a military mission or military environ-
ment,
is guilty of wrongful distribution of intimate
visual images or visual images of sexually ex-
plicit conduct and shall be punished as a court-
martial may direct.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1)
BROADCAST.—The
term
‘‘broadcast’’
means to electronically transmit a visual
image with the intent that it be viewed by a
person or persons.
(2)
DISTRIBUTE.—The
term
‘‘distribute’’
means to deliver to the actual or constructive
possession of another person, including trans-
mission by mail or electronic means.
(3) INTIMATE VISUAL IMAGE.—The term ‘‘inti-
mate visual image’’ means a visual image that
depicts a private area of a person.
(4) PRIVATE AREA.—The term ‘‘private area’’
means the naked or underwear-clad genitalia,
anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple.
(5) REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.—
The term ‘‘reasonable expectation of privacy’’
means circumstances in which a reaso
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