Minnesota Statutes 192A.11 – Jurisdiction of Summary Courts-Martial
Subdivision 1.Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.
(a) Subject to section 192A.095 of this code, summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except for officers, cadets, candidates, and midshipmen, for any offense made punishable by this code under such limitations as the governor or the adjutant general may prescribe.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 192A.11
- Code: means this chapter;
(4) "Commanding officer" means a commissioned officer who is in command of any unit;
(5) "Commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrant officer;
(6) "Convening authority" includes, in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding or temporarily commanding, or a successor in command;
(7) "Enlisted member" means a person in an enlisted grade;
(8) "Federal active service" has the meaning given in section 190. See Minnesota Statutes 192A.015
- 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.
- Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and "year" is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
(b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction may object thereto. Summary courts-martial may, under such limitations as the governor or the adjutant general may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this code except dismissal, dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, confinement, restriction to specified limits for more than two months, or forfeiture of more than two-thirds of one month‘s pay.
(c) Procedure for summary courts-martial shall conform to the procedure of Department of the Army Pamphlet 27-7 except for authorized punishments which shall conform to the limits prescribed by this code.
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