Findings and sentencing.

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ARTICLE 53. Findings and sentencing.

A. A court-martial shall announce its findings and sentence to the parties as soon as determined.

B. Sentencing generally.

1. General and special courts-martial.

  • a.Sentencing by military judge. Except as provided in subparagraph b of this paragraph, if the accused is convicted of an offense in a trial by general or special court-martial, the military judge shall sentence the accused.
  • b.Sentencing by members. If the accused is convicted of an offense by general or special court-martial consisting of a military judge and members and the accused elects sentencing by members under Section 825 of this title (Article 25), the members shall sentence the accused.
  • c.Sentence of the accused. The sentence determined pursuant to this paragraph constitutes the sentence of the accused.

2. Summary courts-martial. If the accused is convicted of an offense in a trial by summary court-martial, the court-martial shall sentence the accused.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 408, § 61, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.


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