Sec. 16.
The 3 kinds of courts-martial in the state military forces are:
(a) General courts-martial, consisting of a military judge and not less than 5 members; or only a military judge, if before the court is assembled the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests in writing a court composed only of the military judge and the military judge approves.
(b) Special courts-martial consisting of a military judge and not less than 3 members; or only a military judge, if the accused under the same conditions as those prescribed in subdivision (a), requests a court composed only of the military judge.
(c) Summary courts-martial, consisting of 1 commissioned officer of field grade rank or above who is certified for that duty by the state judge advocate general and who is not a member of the accused's unit.
History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 2005
Last modified: October 10, 2016