§ 30-13-20. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.
(a) Subject to § 30-13-17, summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code.
(b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction may be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if that person objects thereto, unless under § 30-13-15 he or she has been permitted and has elected to refuse punishment under that section. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused who has not been permitted to refuse punishment under § 30-13-15, trial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be appropriate.
(c) A summary court-martial may, under such limitations as the governor may prescribe, adjudge any of the following punishments:
(1) Confinement with hard labor for not more than twenty-five (25) days;
(2) A fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(3) Forfeiture of pay and allowances of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(4) A reprimand;
(5) Reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade; or
(6) Any combination of these punishments.
History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 30-13-20; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense
Chapter 30-13 - Rhode Island Code of Military Justice
Section 30-13-1. - Definitions.
Section 30-13-2. - Persons subject to code.
Section 30-13-3. - Jurisdiction to try certain personnel.
Section 30-13-4. - Court-martial of dismissed officer.
Section 30-13-5. - Territorial applicability of code.
Section 30-13-6. - Judge advocates and legal officers.
Section 30-13-7. - Authority to apprehend.
Section 30-13-8. - Apprehension of deserters.
Section 30-13-9. - Imposition of restraint.
Section 30-13-10. - Restraint of persons charged with offenses.
Section 30-13-11. - Confinement in jails.
Section 30-13-12. - Reports and receiving of prisoners.
Section 30-13-13. - Punishment prohibited before trial.
Section 30-13-14. - Delivery of offenders to civil authorities.
Section 30-13-15. - Nonjudicial punishment.
Section 30-13-16. - Courts-martial — Composition.
Section 30-13-17. - Jurisdiction of courts-martial — In general.
Section 30-13-18. - Jurisdiction of general courts-martial.
Section 30-13-19. - Jurisdiction of special courts-martial.
Section 30-13-20. - Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.
Section 30-13-21. - Sentences to be approved by governor.
Section 30-13-23. - Confinement in default of payment of fine.
Section 30-13-24. - Who may convene general courts-martial.
Section 30-13-25. - Who may convene special courts-martial.
Section 30-13-26. - Who may convene summary courts-martial.
Section 30-13-27. - Who may serve on courts-martial.
Section 30-13-28. - Law officer of a general court-martial.
Section 30-13-29. - Detail of trial counsel and defense counsel.
Section 30-13-30. - Reporters and interpreters.
Section 30-13-31. - Absent and additional court-martial members.
Section 30-13-32. - Charges and specifications.
Section 30-13-33. - Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.
Section 30-13-34. - Investigation.
Section 30-13-35. - Forwarding of charges.
Section 30-13-36. - Advice of state judge advocate and reference for trial.
Section 30-13-37. - Service of charges.
Section 30-13-38. - Confinement pending trial — Bail.
Section 30-13-39. - Governor may prescribe procedure.
Section 30-13-40. - Unlawfully influencing action of court.
Section 30-13-41. - Duties of trial counsel and defense counsel.
Section 30-13-43. - Continuances.
Section 30-13-44. - Challenges.
Section 30-13-46. - Statute of limitations.
Section 30-13-47. - Double jeopardy.
Section 30-13-48. - Entering of not-guilty plea by court.
Section 30-13-49. - Opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence.
Section 30-13-50. - Refusal to appear or testify.
Section 30-13-52. - Depositions.
Section 30-13-53. - Admissibility of records of courts of inquiry.
Section 30-13-54. - Voting and rulings by court-martial.
Section 30-13-55. - Number of votes required.
Section 30-13-56. - Court to announce action.
Section 30-13-57. - Record of trial.
Section 30-13-58. - Cruel and unusual punishment prohibited.
Section 30-13-59. - Maximum limits.
Section 30-13-60. - Effective date of sentences.
Section 30-13-61. - Execution of confinement.
Section 30-13-62. - Approval of sentence.
Section 30-13-63. - Initial action on the record.
Section 30-13-64. - Opinion of judge advocate.
Section 30-13-65. - Reconsideration and revision of record.
Section 30-13-66. - Rehearings.
Section 30-13-67. - Approval by convening authority.
Section 30-13-68. - Review of records.
Section 30-13-69. - Error of law — Lesser included offense.
Section 30-13-70. - Review counsel.
Section 30-13-71. - Vacation of suspension.
Section 30-13-72. - Petition for new trial.
Section 30-13-73. - Remission and suspension of sentence — Substitution of administrative discharge.
Section 30-13-74. - Restoration following sentence set aside.
Section 30-13-75. - Finality of proceedings, findings, and sentences.
Section 30-13-76. - Persons to be tried or punished.
Section 30-13-77. - Principals.
Section 30-13-78. - Accessory after the fact.
Section 30-13-79. - Lesser included offenses.
Section 30-13-81. - Conspiracy.
Section 30-13-82. - Solicitation.
Section 30-13-83. - Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation.
Section 30-13-84. - Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation.
Section 30-13-85. - Desertion.
Section 30-13-86. - Absence without leave.
Section 30-13-87. - Missing movement.
Section 30-13-88. - Contempt towards officials.
Section 30-13-89. - Disrespect towards superior commissioned officer.
Section 30-13-90. - Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.
Section 30-13-92. - Failure to obey order or regulation — Derelict performance.
Section 30-13-93. - Cruelty and maltreatment.
Section 30-13-94. - Mutiny or sedition.
Section 30-13-95. - Resistance, breach of arrest, and escape.
Section 30-13-96. - Releasing prisoner without proper authority.
Section 30-13-97. - Unlawful detention of another.
Section 30-13-98. - Noncompliance with procedural rules.
Section 30-13-99. - Misbehavior before the enemy.
Section 30-13-100. - Subordinate compelling surrender.
Section 30-13-101. - Improper use of countersign.
Section 30-13-102. - Forcing a safeguard.
Section 30-13-103. - Captured or abandoned property.
Section 30-13-104. - Aiding the enemy.
Section 30-13-105. - Misconduct of prisoner of war.
Section 30-13-106. - False official statements.
Section 30-13-107. - Military property — Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition.
Section 30-13-108. - Property other than military property — Waste, spoilage, or destruction.
Section 30-13-109. - Improper hazarding of vessel.
Section 30-13-110. - Drunken or reckless driving.
Section 30-13-111. - Drunk on duty — Sleeping on post — Leaving post before relief.
Section 30-13-113. - Malingering.
Section 30-13-114. - Riot or breach of peace.
Section 30-13-115. - Provoking speeches or gestures.
Section 30-13-117. - Frauds against government.
Section 30-13-118. - Larceny and wrongful appropriation.
Section 30-13-119. - Unbecoming conduct.
Section 30-13-120. - General disorders and neglect.
Section 30-13-121. - Courts of inquiry.
Section 30-13-122. - Authority to administer oaths.
Section 30-13-123. - Provisions to be explained.
Section 30-13-124. - Complaints of wrongs.
Section 30-13-125. - Redress of injuries to property.
Section 30-13-126. - Execution of processes and sentences.
Section 30-13-127. - Process of military courts.
Section 30-13-128. - Payment of fines and disposition thereof.
Section 30-13-129. - Immunity for action of military courts.
Section 30-13-130. - Presumption of jurisdiction.
Section 30-13-131. - Delegation of authority by governor.
Section 30-13-132. - Conformity to federal law.
Section 30-13-133. - Expenses of courts.