2019 Mississippi Code
Title 33 - Military Affairs
Chapter 13 - Mississippi Code of Military Justice
Article 7 - Courts-Martial Jurisdiction.
§ 33-13-159. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial
(1) Subject to Section 33-13-153 of this code, summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code.
(2) Any person given notice of trial by a summary courts-martial may request trial before a special or general courts-martial. The decision to grant this request is reserved to the special or general court-martial convening authority, respectively.
(3) The maximum sentence a summary courts-martial may impose for a single offense is:
(a) A fine of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00);
(b) Reduction to the lowest or any intermediate pay grade, but an enlisted member in a pay grade above E-4 may not be reduced more than four (4) pay grades;
(c) Confinement for not more than thirty (30) days;
(d) Forfeiture of all pay and allowances for any period of confinement;
(e) If found to have willfully or maliciously caused any injury to any person or property, restitution in an amount of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) or less; and
(f) Any punishment authorized in Section 33-13-31.
(4) Any person given notice of a trial by a summary courts-martial who fails to appear at trial may be tried, convicted and sentenced in absentia.
