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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 40.205

  • 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.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Every record of trial by general court-martial in which there has been a finding of guilty and a sentence, and every record of trial by special court-martial in which the sentence as approved by an officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction includes a bad conduct discharge, shall be examined in the office of the state judge advocate. If the state judge advocate so directs, the record shall be reviewed by a board of review in accordance with section 40.208.