32.1029 General or special court-martial; members not to be absent or excused after arraignment; exceptions; reduction of membership below specified number; procedure.
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32.1029 General or special court-martial; members not to be absent or excused after arraignment; exceptions; reduction of membership below specified number; procedure.
Sec. 29.
(1)A member of a general or special courts-martial shall not be absent or excused after the accused has been arraigned except for physical disability or as a result of a challenge or by order of the convening authority for good cause.
(2)If a general court-martial is reduced below 8 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority appoints new members sufficient in number to provide not less than 8 members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial may proceed after the recorded testimony of each witness previously examined has been read to the court-martial in the presence of the military judge, the accused, and counsel.
(3)If a special court-martial is reduced below 4 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority appoints new members sufficient in number to provide not less than 4 members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial shall proceed as if no evidence had previously been introduced, unless a verbatim record of the testimony of previously examined witnesses or a stipulation of that testimony is read to the court-martial in the presence of the accused and counsel.
History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 186 , Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 2005 ;-- Am. 2024, Act 77 , Imd. Eff. July 8, 2024