Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial

1. Law
2. Mississippi Code
3. Military Affairs
4. Mississippi Code of Military Justice
5. Courts-Martial Jurisdiction
6. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial

1. Subject to Section 33-13-153 of this code, summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code.
2. Any person given notice of trial by a summary courts-martial may request trial before a special or general courts-martial. The decision to grant this request is reserved to the special or general court-martial convening authority, respectively.
3. The maximum sentence a summary courts-martial may impose for a single offense is:
   1. A fine of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00);
   2. Reduction to the lowest or any intermediate pay grade, but an enlisted member in a pay grade above E-4 may not be reduced more than four (4) pay grades;
   3. Confinement for not more than thirty (30) days;
   4. Forfeiture of all pay and allowances for any period of confinement;
   5. If found to have willfully or maliciously caused any injury to any person or property, restitution in an amount of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) or less; and
   6. Any punishment authorized in Section 33-13-31.
4. Any person given notice of a trial by a summary courts-martial who fails to appear at trial may be tried, convicted and sentenced in absentia.

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