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§15-1E-1. Definitions; Gender Neutrality - §15-1E-1. Definitions; gender neutrality. (a) In this article, unless the...
§15-1E-2. Persons Subject to This Article; Jurisdiction - (a) This article applies to all members of the state...
§15-1E-3. Jurisdiction to Try Certain Personnel - (a) Each person discharged from the state military forces who...
§15-1E-5. Territorial Applicability of the Article - (a) This article has applicability at all times and in...
§15-1E-6. Judge Advocates - (a) The senior force judge advocates in each of the...
§15-1E-7. Apprehension - §15-1E-7. Apprehension. (a) Apprehension is the taking of a person...
§15-1E-9. Imposition of Restraint - (a) Arrest is the restraint of a person by an...
§15-1E-10. Restraint of Persons Charged With Offenses - Any person subject to this article charged with an offense...
§15-1E-11. Place of Confinement; Reports and Receiving of Prisoners - (a) If a person subject to this article is confined...
§15-1E-12. Confinement With Enemy Prisoners Prohibited - No member of the state military forces may be placed...
§15-1E-13. Punishment Prohibited Before Trial - No person, while being held for trial or awaiting a...
§15-1E-14. Delivery of Offenders to Civil Authorities - (a) A person subject to this article accused of an...
§15-1E-15. Commanding Officer's Nonjudicial Punishment - §15-1E-15. Commanding officer's nonjudicial punishment. (a) Under such regulations as...
§15-1E-16. Courts-Martial Classified - §15-1E-16. Courts-martial classified. The three kinds of courts-martial in the...
§15-1E-17. Jurisdiction of Courts-Martial in General - Each component of the state military forces has court-martial jurisdiction...
§15-1E-18. Jurisdiction of General Courts-Martial - Subject to section seventeen of this article, general courts-martial have...
§15-1E-19. Jurisdiction of Special Courts-Martial - Subject to section seventeen, special courts-martial have jurisdiction to try...
§15-1E-20. Jurisdiction of Summary Courts-Martial - (a) Subject to section seventeen of this article, summary courts-martial...
§15-1E-22. Who May Convene General Courts-Martial - §15-1E-22. Who may convene general courts-martial. (a) General courts-martial may...
§15-1E-23. Who May Convene Special Courts-Martial - (a) Special courts-martial may be convened by: (1) Any person...
§15-1E-24. Who May Convene Summary Courts-Martial - (a) Summary courts-martial may be convened: (1) By any person...
§15-1E-25. Who May Serve on Courts-Martial - (a) Any commissioned officer of the state military forces is...
§15-1E-26. Military Judge of a General or Special Court-Martial - (a) A military judge shall be detailed to each general...
§15-1E-27. Detail of Trial Counsel and Defense Counsel - (a) For each general and special court-martial the authority convening...
§15-1E-28. Detail or Employment of Reporters and Interpreters - Under such regulations as may be prescribed, the convening authority...
§15-1E-29. Absent and Additional Members - (a) No member of a general or special court-martial may...
§15-1E-30. Charges and Specifications - §15-1E-30. Charges and specifications. (a) Charges and specifications shall be...
§15-1E-31. Compulsory Self-Incrimination Prohibited - (a) No person subject to this article may compel any...
§15-1E-32. Investigation - (a) No charge or specification may be referred to a...
§15-1E-33. Forwarding of Charges - When a person is held for trial by general court-martial,...
§15-1E-34. Advice of Judge Advocate and Reference for Trial - (a) Before directing the trial of any charge by general...
§15-1E-35. Service of Charges - The trial counsel shall serve or caused to be served...
§15-1E-36. Governor or the Adjutant General May Prescribe Rules - §15-1E-36. Governor or the Adjutant General may prescribe rules. Pretrial,...
§15-1E-37. Unlawfully Influencing Action of Court - (a) No authority convening a general, special, or summary court-martial,...
§15-1E-38. Duties of Trial Counsel and Defense Counsel - (a) The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial...
§15-1E-39. Sessions - (a) At any time after the service of charges which...
§15-1E-40. Continuances - The military judge of a court-martial or a summary court-martial...
§15-1E-41. Challenges - (a)(1) The military judge and members of a general or...
§15-1E-42. Oaths or Affirmations - (a) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, general and...
§15-1E-43. Statute of Limitations - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a person...
§15-1E-44. Former Jeopardy - (a) No person may, without his or her consent, be...
§15-1E-45. Pleas of the Accused - (a) If an accused after arraignment makes an irregular pleading,...
§15-1E-46. Opportunity to Obtain Witnesses and Other Evidence - The trial counsel, the defense counsel, and the court-martial shall...
§15-1E-47. Refusal to Appear or Testify - (a) Any person not subject to this article who: (1)...
§15-1E-48. Contempts - A military judge or summary court-martial officer may punish for...
§15-1E-49. Depositions - (a) At any time after charges have been signed as...
§15-1E-50. Admissibility of Records of Courts of Inquiry - (a) In any case not extending to the dismissal of...
§15-1E-50a. Defense of Lack of Mental Responsibility - (a) It is an affirmative defense in a trial by...
§15-1E-51. Voting and Rulings - (a) Voting by members of a general or special court-martial...
§15-1E-52. Number of Votes Required - (a) No person may be convicted of an offense except...
§15-1E-53. Court to Announce Action - A court-martial shall announce its findings and sentence to the...
§15-1E-54. Record of Trial - (a) Each general and special court-martial shall keep a separate...
§15-1E-55. Cruel and Unusual Punishments Prohibited - §15-1E-55. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited. Punishment by flogging, or...
§15-1E-56. Maximum Limits - (a) The punishment which a court-martial may direct for an...
§15-1E-57. Effective Date of Sentences - (a) Whenever a sentence of a court-martial as lawfully adjudged...
§15-1E-57a. Deferment of Sentences - (a) On application by an accused who is under sentence...
§15-1E-58. Execution of Confinement - (a) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a court-martial, whether...
§15-1E-58a. Sentences: Reduction in Enlisted Grade Upon Approval - (a) A court-martial sentence of an enlisted member in a...
§15-1E-58b. Sentences: Forfeiture of Pay and Allowances During Confinement - (a)(1) A court-martial sentence described in subdivision (2) of this...
§15-1E-59. Error of Law; Lesser Included Offense - §15-1E-59. Error of law; lesser included offense. (a) A finding...
§15-1E-60. Action by the Convening Authority - (a) The findings and sentence of a court-martial shall be...
§15-1E-61. Withdrawal of Appeal - (a) In each case subject to appellate review under this...
§15-1E-62. Appeal by the State - (a)(1) In a trial by court-martial in which a punitive...
§15-1E-63. Rehearings - Each rehearing under this article shall take place before a...
§15-1E-64. Review by the Senior Force Judge Advocate - (a) Each general and special court-martial case in which there...
§15-1E-65. Disposition of Records After Review by the Convening Authority - Except as otherwise required by this article, all records of...
§15-1E-67a. Review by State Appellate Authority - Decisions of a court-martial are from a court with jurisdiction...
§15-1E-70. Appellate Counsel - (a) The senior force judge advocate shall detail a judge...
§15-1E-71. Execution of Sentence; Suspension of Sentence - (a) If the sentence of the court-martial extends to dismissal...
§15-1E-72. Vacation of Suspension - (a) Before the vacation of the suspension of a special...
§15-1E-73. Petition for a New Trial - At any time within two years after approval by the...
§15-1E-74. Remission and Suspension - (a) Any authority competent to convene, for the command in...
§15-1E-75. Restoration - (a) Under such regulations as may be prescribed, all rights,...
§15-1E-76. Finality of Proceedings, Findings, and Sentences - The appellate review of records of trial provided by this...
§15-1E-76a. Leave Required to Be Taken Pending Review of Certain Court-Martial Convictions - Under regulations prescribed, an accused who has been sentenced by...
§15-1E-76b. Lack of Mental Capacity or Mental Responsibility: Commitment of Accused for Examination and Treatment - (a) Persons incompetent to stand trial. (1) In the case...
§15-1E-77. Principals - §15-1E-77. Principals. Any person subject to this article is a...
§15-1E-78. Accessory After the Fact - Any person subject to this article who, knowing that an...
§15-1E-79. Conviction of Lesser Included Offense - An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily...
§15-1E-80. Attempts - (a) An act, done with specific intent to commit an...
§15-1E-81. Conspiracy - Any person subject to this article who conspires with any...
§15-1E-82. Solicitation - (a) Any person subject to this article who solicits or...
§15-1E-83. Fraudulent Enlistment, Appointment, or Separation - Any person, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct,...
§15-1E-84. Unlawful Enlistment, Appointment, or Separation - Any person subject to this article who effects an enlistment...
§15-1E-85. Desertion - (a) Any member of the state military forces who: (1)...
§15-1E-86. Absence Without Leave - Any person subject to this article who, without authority: (1)...
§15-1E-87. Missing Movement - Any person subject to this article who through neglect or...
§15-1E-88. Contempt Toward Officials - Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President,...
§15-1E-89. Disrespect Toward Superior Commissioned Officer - Any person subject to this article who behaves with disrespect...
§15-1E-90. Assaulting or Willfully Disobeying Superior Commissioned Officer - Any person subject to this article who: (1) Strikes his...
§15-1E-91. Insubordinate Conduct Toward Warrant Officer, Noncommissioned Officer, or Petty Officer - Any warrant officer or enlisted member who: (1) Strikes or...
§15-1E-92. Failure to Obey Order or Regulation - Any person subject to this article who: (1) Violates or...
§15-1E-93. Cruelty and Maltreatment - Any person subject to this article who is guilty of...
§15-1E-94. Mutiny or Sedition - (a) Any person subject to this article who: (1) With...
§15-1E-95. Resistance, Flight, Breach of Arrest, and Escape - Any person subject to this article who: (1) Resists apprehension;...
§15-1E-96. Releasing Prisoner Without Proper Authority - Any person subject to this article who, without proper authority,...
§15-1E-97. Unlawful Detention - Any person subject to this article who, except as provided...
§15-1E-98. Noncompliance With Procedural Rules - Any person subject to this article who: (1) Is responsible...
§15-1E-99. Misbehavior Before the Enemy - Any person subject to this article who before or in...
§15-1E-100. Subordinate Compelling Surrender - Any person subject to this article who compels or attempts...
§15-1E-101. Improper Use of Countersign - Any person subject to this article who in time of...
§15-1E-102. Forcing a Safeguard - Any person subject to this article who forces a safeguard...
§15-1E-103. Captured or Abandoned Property - (a) All persons subject to this article shall secure all...
§15-1E-104. Aiding the Enemy - Any person subject to this article who: (1) Aids, or...
§15-1E-105. Misconduct as Prisoner - Any person subject to this article who, while in the...
§15-1E-107. False Official Statements - Any person subject to this article who, with intent to...
§15-1E-108. Military Property - Loss, Damage, Destruction, or Wrongful Disposition - Any person subject to this article who, without proper authority:...
§15-1E-109. Property Other Than Military Property - Waste, Spoilage, or Destruction - Any person subject to this article who willfully or recklessly...
§15-1E-110. Improper Hazarding of Vessel - (a) Any person subject to this article who willfully and...
§15-1E-112. Drunk on Duty - Any person subject to this article other than a sentinel...
§15-1E-112a. Wrongful Use, Possession, etc., of Controlled Substances - (a) Any person subject to this article who wrongfully uses,...
§15-1E-113. Misbehavior of Sentinel - Any sentinel or look-out who is found drunk or sleeping...
§15-1E-114. Dueling - Any person subject to this article who fights or promotes,...
§15-1E-115. Malingering - Any person subject to this article who for the purpose...
§15-1E-116. Riot or Breach of Peace - Any person subject to this article who causes or participates...
§15-1E-117. Provoking Speeches or Gestures - Any person subject to this article who uses provoking or...
§15-1E-132. Frauds Against the Government - Any person subject to this article: (1) Who, knowing it...
§15-1E-133. Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman - Any commissioned officer, cadet, candidate, or midshipman who is convicted...
§15-1E-134. General Article - Though not specifically mentioned in this article, all disorders and...
§15-1E-135. Courts of Inquiry - §15-1E-135. Courts of inquiry. (a) Courts of inquiry to investigate...
§15-1E-136. Authority to Administer Oaths and to Act as Notary - (a) The following persons may administer oaths for the purposes...
§15-1E-137. Articles to Be Explained - (a) (1) The sections of this article specified in subdivision...
§15-1E-138. Complaints of Wrongs - Any member of the state military forces who believes himself...
§15-1E-139. Redress of Injuries to Property - (a) Whenever complaint is made to any commanding officer that...
§15-1E-140. Delegation by the Governor - The Governor may delegate any authority vested in the Governor...
§15-1E-141. Payment of Fees, Costs and Expenses - (a) The fees and authorized travel expenses of all witnesses,...
§15-1E-142. Payment of Fines and Disposition Thereof - (a) Fines imposed by a military court or through imposition...
§15-1E-143. Uniformity of Interpretation - This article shall be so construed as to effectuate its...
§15-1E-144. Immunity for Action of Military Courts - All persons acting under the provisions of this article, whether...
§15-1E-146. Short Title - This article may be cited as the "Uniform State Code...
§15-1E-147. Time of Taking Effect - This act takes effect July 1, 2010.
§15-1E-148. Supersedes Existing State Military Justice Codes - Upon enactment and the effective date, this law supersedes all...