10 U.S.C. § 897
Section 897 · Art. 97. Unlawful detention
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case United States v. New (2001)
Most recently applied in United States v. New (June 2001)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Any person subject to this chapter who, except as provided by law, apprehends, arrests, or confines any person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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Cross References
Apprehension, see sections 807 and 808 of this title.
Article to be explained, see section 937 of this title.
Restraint—
Imposition, see section 809 of this title.
Persons charged with offenses, see section 810 of this title.