Mississippi § 33-13-159 - Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.

§ 33-13-159. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.

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. 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. The maximum sentence a summary courts-martial may impose for a single offense is: A fine of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00); 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; Confinement for not more than thirty (30) days; Forfeiture of all pay and allowances for any period of confinement; 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 Any punishment authorized in Section 33-13-31. 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.