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31-2A-40
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.)...
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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-48
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 five days or a fine of one hundred dollars
($100), or both. A person not subject to this code may be punished for contempt by a military
court in the same manner as a criminal court of the state. (Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1.)...
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31-2A-37
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
by the court or with respect to any other exercise of its or their functions in the conduct
of the proceedings. No person subject to this code may attempt to coerce or, by any unauthorized
means, influence the action of a court-martial or court of inquiry or any member thereof,
in reaching the findings or sentence in any case, or the action of any convening, approving,
or reviewing authority with respect to its judicial acts. This subsection shall not apply
to either of the following: (1) General instructional or informational courses in military
justice if such courses are designed solely for the purpose of instructing...
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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-16
Section 31-2A-16 (Article 16.) Courts-martial classified. The three kinds of courts-martial
in the state military forces are: (1) General courts-martial, consisting of either of the
following: a. A military judge and not less than five members. b. Only a military judge, if
before the court is assembled the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and
after consultation with defense counsel, requests orally on the record or in writing a court
composed only of a military judge and the military judge approves. (2) Special courts-martial,
consisting of either of the following: a. A military judge and not less than three members.
b. Only a military judge, if one has been detailed to the court, and the accused under the
same conditions as those prescribed in paragraph b. of subdivision (1) so requests. (3) Summary
courts-martial, consisting of one commissioned officer. (Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1.)...
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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-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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31-2A-1
Section 31-2A-1 (Article 1.) Definitions. For the purposes of this code, unless the context
otherwise requires, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ACCUSER. A person
who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and
sworn to by another, and any other person who has an interest other than an official interest
in the prosecution of the accused. (2) CADET, CANDIDATE, or MIDSHIPMAN. A person who is enrolled
in or attending a state military academy, a regional training institute, or any other formal
education program for the purpose of becoming a commissioned officer in the state military
forces. (3) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. Information that meets all of the following requirements:
a. Any information or material that has been determined by an official of the United States
or any state pursuant to law, an Executive order, or regulation to require protection against
unauthorized disclosure for reasons of national or state security. b....
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31-2A-94
Section 31-2A-94 (Article 94.) Mutiny or sedition. (a) Any person subject to this code who:
(1) With intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any
other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his or her duty or creates any violence or disturbance
is guilty of mutiny. (2) With intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil
authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance
against that authority is guilty of sedition. (3) Fails to do his or her utmost to prevent
and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his or her presence, or fails to take
all reasonable means to inform his or her superior commissioned officer or commanding officer
of a mutiny or sedition which he or she knows or has reason to believe is taking place is
guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition. (b) A person who is found
guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or...
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