Section 31-2A-36 (Article 36.) Governor or the Adjutant General may prescribe rules Pretrial, trial, and post-trial procedures, including modes of proof, for court-martial cases arising under this code, and for courts of inquiry, may be prescribed by the Governor or the Adjutant General by rules, or as otherwise provided by law, which shall apply the […]
Section 31-2A-37 (Article 37.) Unlawfully influencing action of court. (a) No authority convening a general, special, or summary court-martial, nor any other commanding officer, or officer serving on the staff thereof, may censure, reprimand, or admonish the court or any member, the military judge, or counsel thereof, with respect to the findings or sentence adjudged […]
Section 31-2A-38 (Article 38.) Duties of trial counsel and defense counsel. (a) The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial shall prosecute in the name of the state, and, under the direction of the court, shall prepare the record of the proceedings. (b)(1) The accused has the right to be represented in defense before […]
Section 31-2A-39 (Article 39.) Sessions. (a) At any time after the service of charges which have been referred for trial to a court-martial composed of a military judge and members, the military judge, subject to Section 31-2A-35 (Article 35), may call the court into session without the presence of the members for the purpose of: […]
Section 31-2A-40 (Article 40.) Continuances. The military judge of a court-martial or the summary court-martial officer, for reasonable cause, may grant a continuance to any party for such time, and as often, as may appear to be just. (Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1.)
Section 31-2A-41 (Article 41.) Challenges. (a) Challenges For Cause. (1) The military judge and members of a general or special court-martial may be challenged by the accused or the trial counsel for cause stated to the court. The military judge or the court shall determine the relevancy and validity of challenges for cause and may […]
Section 31-2A-42 (Article 42.) Oaths or affirmations. (a) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, general and special courts-martial members, trial counsel, defense counsel, reporters, and interpreters shall take an oath or affirmation in the presence of the accused to perform their duties faithfully. The form of the oath or affirmation, the time and place […]
Section 31-2A-43 (Article 43.) Statute of limitations. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a person charged with any offense is not liable to be tried by courts-martial or punished under Section 31-2A-15 (Article 15) if the offense was committed more than 12 months before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an […]
Section 31-2A-44 (Article 44.) Former jeopardy. (a) No person, without his or her consent, may be tried a second time for the same offense. (b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial pursuant to this article until the finding of guilty […]
Section 31-2A-45 (Article 45.) Pleas of the accused. (a) If an accused after arraignment makes an irregular pleading, or after a plea of guilty sets up matter inconsistent with the plea, or if it appears that the accused has entered the plea of guilty improvidently or through lack of understanding of its meaning and effect, […]
Section 31-2A-46 (Article 46.) Opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence; subpoena. The trial counsel, the defense counsel, and the court-martial shall have equal opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence as prescribed by regulations and provided by law. Process issued in court-martial cases to compel witnesses to appear and testify and to compel the […]
Section 31-2A-47 (Article 47.) Refusal to appear or testify. (a) Any person not subject to this code who does all of the following may be punished by the military court in the same manner as a criminal court of the state: (1) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books […]
Section 31-2A-48 (Article 48.) Contempt. A military judge or summary court-martial officer may punish for contempt any person who uses any menacing word, sign, or gesture in its presence, or who disturbs its proceedings by any riot or disorder. A person subject to this code may be punished for contempt by confinement not to exceed […]
Section 31-2A-49 (Article 49.) Depositions. (a) At any time after charges have been signed as provided in Section 31-2A-30 (Article 30), any party may take oral or written depositions unless the military judge or summary court-martial officer hearing the case or, if the case is not being heard, an authority competent to convene a court-martial […]
Section 31-2A-50 (Article 50.) Admissibility of records of courts of inquiry. (a) In any case not extending to the dismissal of a commissioned officer, the sworn testimony, contained in the duly authenticated record of proceedings of a court of inquiry, of a person whose oral testimony cannot be obtained, if otherwise admissible under the rules […]
Section 31-2A-50a (Article 50a.) Defense of lack of mental responsibility. (a) It is an affirmative defense in a trial by court-martial that, at the time of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the accused, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or […]
Section 31-2A-51 (Article 51.) Voting and rulings. (a) Voting by members of a general or special court-martial on the findings and on the sentence shall be by secret written ballot. The junior member of the court shall count the votes. The count shall be checked by the president, who shall forthwith announce the result of […]
Section 31-2A-52 (Article 52.) Number of votes required. (a) No person may be convicted of an offense except as provided in Section 31-2A-45(b) (Article 45(b)) or by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at the time the vote is taken. (b) All other questions to be decided by the members of a general […]
Section 31-2A-53 (Article 53.) Court to announce action. A court-martial shall announce its findings and sentence to the parties as soon as determined. (Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1.)
Section 31-2A-54 (Article 54.) Record of trial. (a) Each general and special court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings in each case brought before it, and the record shall be authenticated by the signature of the military judge. If the record cannot be authenticated by the military judge by reason of his or […]
