2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 33 - MILITARY AFFAIRS
Chapter 13 - Mississippi Code of Military Justice.
33-13-423 - Vacation of suspension.
§ 33-13-423. Vacation of suspension.
(1) Before the vacation of the suspension of a special court-martial sentence which as approved includes a dismissal or bad conduct discharge, or of any general court-martial sentence, a hearing on the alleged violation of probation shall be held. The probationer shall be represented at the hearing by military counsel if he so desires.
(2) The record of the hearing and the recommendation of the hearing officer shall be sent for action to the Governor in cases involving a general court-martial sentence and to the commanding officer of the state military forces of which the probationer is a member in all other cases covered by subsection (1) of this section. If the Governor or commanding officer vacates the suspension, any unexecuted part of the sentence except a dismissal shall be executed.
(3) The suspension of any other sentence may be vacated by any authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8529-71; Laws, 1966, ch. 538, § 71; Laws, 1981, ch. 362, § 68, eff from and after July 1, 1981.
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