31-2A-45
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, or if the accused fails or refuses to plead,
a plea of not guilty shall be entered in the record, and the court shall proceed as though
the accused had pleaded not guilty. (b) With respect to any charge or specification to which
a plea of guilty has been made by the accused and accepted by the military judge or by a court-martial
without a military judge, a finding of guilty of the charge or specification may be entered
immediately without vote. This finding shall constitute the finding of the court unless the
plea of guilty is withdrawn prior to announcement of the sentence, in which event, the proceedings
shall continue as though the accused had pleaded not...
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31-2A-57a
Section 31-2A-57a (Article 57a.) Deferment of sentences. (a) On application by an accused who
is under sentence to confinement that has not been ordered executed, the convening authority
or, if the accused is no longer under that person's jurisdiction, the person exercising general
court-martial jurisdiction over the command to which the accused is currently assigned, may
in that person's sole discretion defer service of the sentence to confinement. The deferment
shall terminate when the sentence is ordered executed. The deferment may be rescinded at any
time by the person who granted it or, if the accused is no longer under that person's jurisdiction,
by the person exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the command to which the
accused is currently assigned. (b)(1) In any case in which a court-martial sentences an accused
referred to in subdivision (2) to confinement, the convening authority may defer the service
of the sentence to confinement, without the consent of the...
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31-2A-136
Section 31-2A-136 (Article 136.) Authority to administer oaths and to act as notary. (a) The
following persons may administer oaths for the purposes of military administration, including
military justice: (1) All judge advocates. (2) All summary courts-martial. (3) All adjutants,
assistant adjutants, acting adjutants, and personnel adjutants. (4) All other persons designated
by regulations of the Armed Forces of the United States or by statute. (b) The following persons
may administer oaths necessary in the performance of their duties: (1) The president, military
judge, and trial counsel for all general and special courts-martial. (2) The president and
the counsel for the court of any court of inquiry. (3) All officers designated to take a deposition.
(4) All persons detailed to conduct an investigation. (5) All recruiting officers. (6) All
other persons designated by regulations of the Armed Forces of the United States or by statute.
(c) The signature without seal of any such person,...
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31-2A-47
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 and records before a court-martial or court of inquiry, or before any
military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such
a court. (2) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates
allowed to witnesses attending a criminal court of the state. (3) Willfully neglects or refuses
to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which
that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce. (b) The fees and mileage of witnesses
shall be advanced or paid out of the appropriations for the compensation of witnesses. (c)
At the request of the military judge or the convening authority and upon...
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31-2A-49
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 for the trial of those
charges forbids it for good cause. (b) The party at whose instance a deposition is to be taken
shall give to every other party reasonable written notice of the time and place for taking
the deposition. (c) Depositions may be taken before and authenticated by any military or civil
officer authorized by the laws of the state or by the laws of the place where the deposition
is taken to administer oaths. (d) A duly authenticated deposition taken upon reasonable notice
to the other parties, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be read
in evidence or, in the case of audiotape, videotape, digital image...
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31-2A-38
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 a general or special court-martial or at
an investigation under Section 31-2A-32 (Article 32) as provided in this subsection. (2) The
accused may be represented by civilian counsel at the provision and expense of the accused.
(3) The accused may be represented by either of the following: a. By military counsel detailed
under Section 31-2A-27 (Article 27). b. By military counsel of the accused's own selection
if that counsel is reasonably available as determined under subdivision (7). (4) If the accused
is represented by civilian counsel, military counsel detailed or selected under subdivision
(3) shall act as associate counsel unless excused at the request of...
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31-2A-50a
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 the wrongfulness of the acts. Mental disease or defect
does not otherwise constitute a defense. (b) The accused has the burden of proving the defense
of lack of mental responsibility by clear and convincing evidence. (c) Whenever lack of mental
responsibility of the accused with respect to an offense is properly at issue, the military
judge shall instruct the members of the court as to the defense of lack of mental responsibility
under this article and charge members to find the accused any one of the following: (1) Guilty.
(2) Not guilty. (3) Not guilty only by reason of lack of mental responsibility. (d) Subsection
(c) does not apply to a court-martial composed of a...
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31-2A-51
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 the ballot to the members of the court. (b) The military
judge shall rule upon all questions of law and all interlocutory questions arising during
the proceedings. Any such ruling made by the military judge upon any question of law or any
interlocutory question other than the factual issue of mental responsibility of the accused
is final and constitutes the ruling of the court. However, the military judge may change the
ruling at any time during the trial. Unless the ruling is final, if any member objects thereto,
the court shall be cleared and closed and the question decided by a voice vote as provided
in Section 31-2A-52 (Article 52), beginning with the junior in...
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12-17-161
Section 12-17-161 Separate office of clerk of district court may be established; appointment
and removal of clerk; abolition of separate office; participation in supernumerary fund. (a)
Authority and responsibility for the operation of a separate clerk's office for the district
court of a county may be authorized by the Supreme Court upon the written request of the clerk
of the circuit court or the judges of the district court. When the Supreme Court authorizes
a separate clerk's office for the district court of a county, the clerk of the circuit court
shall not be the ex officio clerk of the district court and shall have no administrative responsibilities
for and supervision over the operation of the office. Whenever a separate district clerk's
office is authorized, the administrative responsibility for and supervision of the records
and clerical services of the respective district court is vested in an official who shall
be known as the clerk of the district court, who shall perform...
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12-17-94
Section 12-17-94 Duties generally. (a) The duties of the clerks of the circuit court include
all of the following: (1) To sign and issue all summons, subpoenas, writs, executions, and
other processes, under the authority of the court. (2) To keep a consolidated docket sheet
of civil and criminal cases, the names of the parties, the character of action or offense,
the names of the attorneys and the sheriff's return, which shall be entered in all civil and
criminal cases standing for trial, in the order in which they are brought, and the bench notes,
orders, rulings on motions and pleadings, other preliminary matters and final judgment which
have been made in each case by the judge, which shall be the official minutes. (3) To keep
all papers, books, dockets, and records belonging to their office with care and security,
with the papers filed, arranged, numbered, and labeled, so as to be of easy reference, and
the books, dockets and records properly lettered. Parties shall be allowed to...
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