10 USC § 950s - Conviction of lesser offenses

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s950s"
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title: "10 USC § 950s - Conviction of lesser offenses"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "950s"
section_name: "Conviction of lesser offenses"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "MILITARY COMMISSIONS"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE MATTERS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2607.)"
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# § 950s. Conviction of lesser offenses

An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily included in the offense charged or of an attempt to commit either the offense charged or an attempt to commit either the offense charged or an offense necessarily included therein.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2607.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 950s, added , , , related to conviction of lesser included offense, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .