Section 32.1029 General or Special Court-Martial; Members Not to Be Absent or Excused After Arraignment; Exceptions; Reduction of Membership Below Specified Number; Procedure.

MI Comp L § 32.1029 (2019) (N/A)

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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 5 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority appoints new members sufficient in number to provide not less than 5 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 3 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority appoints new members sufficient in number to provide not less than 3 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

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