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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13A-717" title_number="13A" title_name="Maryland Code of Military Justice" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Trial Procedure">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not be convicted of an offense in a general or special court–martial, other than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>after a plea of guilty under § 13A–710 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>by a military judge in a court–martial with a military judge alone under § 13A–401 of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in a court–martial with members under § 13A–401 of this title, by the concurrence of at least three–fourths of the members present when the vote is taken.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, all matters to be decided by members of a general or special court–martial shall be determined by a majority vote.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A reconsideration of a finding of guilty or reconsideration of a sentence, with a view toward decreasing the sentence, may be made by any lesser vote that indicates the reconsideration is not opposed by the number of votes required for that finding or sentence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
