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2020 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
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MS Code § 33-13-159 (2020)
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- 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.
- 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.
- The maximum sentence a summary courts-martial may impose for a single offense is:
- A fine of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00);
- 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;
- Confinement for not more than thirty (30) days;
- Forfeiture of all pay and allowances for any period of confinement;
- 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
- Any punishment authorized in Section 33-13-31.
- 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.
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