Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 13A-405
Terms Used In Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 13A-405
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) (1) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction may be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if that person objects thereto.
(2) If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused, trial by special or general court-martial may be ordered, as may be appropriate.
(3) Summary courts-martial may, under such limitations as the Governor may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this title except:
(i) dismissal;
(ii) dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge;
(iii) confinement for more than 1 month;
(iv) restriction to specified limits for more than 2 months; or
(v) forfeiture of more than two-thirds of 1 month’s pay.
(c) (1) A summary court-martial is a non-criminal forum.
(2) A finding of guilty at a summary court-martial does not constitute a criminal conviction.