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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13A-908" title_number="13A" title_name="Maryland Code of Military Justice" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Post–trial Procedure and Review of Courts–martial">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Decisions of a court–martial are from a court with jurisdiction to issue felony convictions and appeals are to the Court of Military Appeals.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Court of Military Appeals shall follow the federal Manual for Courts–Martial and procedures as provided by the court of criminal appeals for the service of the defendant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The court shall have three judges present to convene.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Chief Judge may convene the court and may appoint alternates.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The court has the authority to adopt a seal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>appoint up to 10 judges, but at least three, to the court for 5–year terms; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>appoint one judge as Chief Judge.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Judges are not limited to one term.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Judges should have demonstrated experience in military law and be a member of the Maryland Bar.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Court of Military Appeals shall have power over:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the issuance of extraordinary writs relative to all matters arising under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the provisions of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Uniform Code of Military Justice;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any regulation issued by the Governor pertaining to members of the Maryland organized militia; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>court–martial actions pending before any military judge of the Maryland Military Department;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adjudicating appeals by victims as described in § 13A–105 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>adjudicating appeals of sentences of a court–martial that have been approved by the convening authority, which may include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>dismissal, in the case of a commissioned or warrant officer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>dishonorable discharge, in the case of an enlisted person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>bad–conduct discharge, in the case of an enlisted person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>forfeiture of all pay and allowances; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>any confinement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An appellant must petition the court for review, which is a right on request.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>There is no automatic review of sentence.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An appellant may waive the right to review.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Maryland National Guard State Judge Advocate shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide a full–time clerk for the court whose office shall be located with the Maryland National Guard Headquarters; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide administrative support for appellate judges, as required.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
