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AR Code § 12-64-515 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-515. Pleas of the accused

 If an accused arraigned before a court-martial makes an irregular pleading, or enters a plea of guilty improvidently or through lack of understanding of its meaning and effect, or if he or she fails or refuses to plead, a plea of not guilty shall be entered in the record and the court shall proceed as though he or she had pleaded not guilty.
AR Code § 12-64-516 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-516. Obtaining witnesses and other evidence

 (a) The trial counsel, the defense counsel, and the court-martial shall have equal opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence in accordance with such rules as the Governor may prescribe.  (b) The military judge, the president of a court-martial, or a summary court officer may:  (1) Issue a warrant for the arrest of any accused person who, having been served with a warrant and copy of the charges, disobeys a written order by the convening authority to appear before the court;  (2) Issue subpoenas duces tecum and other subpoenas;  (3) Enforce by attachment the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers; and  (4) Sentence for refusal to be sworn or to answer as provided in actions before civil courts of the state.    (c) Process issued in court-martial cases to compel witnesses to appear and testify and to compel the production of other evidence shall run to any part of the state.
AR Code § 12-64-517 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-517. Depositions

 (a)  (1) At any time after charges have been signed as provided herein, any party may take oral or written depositions unless an authority competent to convene a court-martial for the trial of those charges forbids it for good cause.  (2) If a deposition is to be taken before charges are referred for trial, such an authority may designate commissioned officers to represent the prosecution and the defense and may authorize those officers to take the deposition of any witness.    (b) The party at whose instance a deposition is to be taken shall give to every other party reasonable written notice of the time and place for taking the deposition.  (c) Depositions may be taken before and authenticated by any military or civil officer authorized by the laws of the state or by the laws of the place where the deposition is taken to administer oaths.  (d) A duly authenticated deposition taken upon reasonable notice to the other parties so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence may be read in evidence before any court-martial or in any proceeding before a court of inquiry if it appears:  (1) That the witness resides or is beyond the state in which the court-martial or court of inquiry is ordered to sit or beyond the distance of one hundred (100) miles from the place of trial or hearing;  (2) That the witness by reason of death, age, sickness, bodily infirmity, imprisonment, military necessity, nonamenability to process, or other reasonable cause is unable or refuses to appear and testify in person at the place of trial or hearing; or  (3) That the present whereabouts of the witness is unknown.
AR Code § 12-64-518 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-518. Issuance of process, subpoenas, etc

 (a) Military courts may issue all process and mandates necessary to carry into effect the powers vested in those courts.  (b) The courts may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum and enforce by attachment attendance of witnesses and production of books and records when the courts are sitting within the state and the witnesses, books, and records sought are also located.  (c) Such process and mandates may be issued by summary courts-martial or the president or military judge of other military courts and may be directed to and may be executed by the marshals of the military court or any peace officer and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by rules issued under this code.  (d)  (1) All officers to whom such process or mandates may be so directed shall execute them and make return of their acts thereunder according to the requirements of those documents.  (2) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this code, no such officer may demand or require payment of any fee or charge for receiving, executing, or returning such a process or mandate or for any service in connection therewith.    (e) Any sheriff, constable, jailer, marshal, or other civil officer named in this code, who shall neglect or refuse to obey, execute, or return the lawful warrant or other process of a military court or make a false return thereon, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition to the penalties attaching thereto, shall forfeit fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense or neglect of duty, the money to be recovered in a civil action against the officer and his or her official sureties by the Attorney General for the benefit of the Department of the Military Fund.
AR Code § 12-64-519 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-519. Refusal to appear or testify

 Any person not subject to this code is guilty of an offense against the state and may be punished in the same manner as if committed before civil courts of the state if he or she:   (1) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and reports before a military court or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court;  (2) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the circuit court of the state; and  (3) Willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce.
AR Code § 12-64-520 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-520. Contempt

 (a) A military court may punish for contempt a person who uses a menacing word, sign, or gesture in its presence, or who disturbs its proceedings by riot or disorder.  (b) The punishment may not exceed confinement for thirty (30) days or a fine of five hundred dollars ($500), or both.
AR Code § 12-64-522 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-522. Votes and rulings

 (a)  (1) Voting by members of a general or special court-martial upon question of challenge, on the findings, and on the sentence shall be by secret written ballot.  (2) The junior member of the court shall in each case count the votes.  (3) The count shall be checked by the president who shall forthwith announce the result of the ballot to the members of the court.    (b)  (1) The military judge of a general or special court-martial and the president of a special court-martial without a military judge shall rule upon interlocutory questions other than challenges arising during the proceedings.  (2) Any such ruling made by the military judge of a general or special court-martial who is a member of the bar of the state upon an interlocutory question of accused's sanity is final and constitutes the ruling of the court. However, the military judge or president may change the ruling at any time during the trial except a ruling on a motion for a finding of not guilty that was granted.  (3) Unless the ruling is final, if any member objects thereto, the court shall be cleared and closed and the question decided by a voice vote as provided in this code beginning with the junior in rank.    (c) Before a vote is taken on the findings, the military judge of a general or special court-martial and the president of a special court-martial without a military judge, in the presence of the accused and counsel, shall instruct the court as to the elements of the offense and charge the court:  (1) That the accused must be presumed to be innocent until his or her guilt is established by legal and competent evidence beyond reasonable doubt;  (2) That in the case being considered, if there is a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the accused, the doubt must be resolved in favor of the accused, and he or she must be acquitted;  (3) That if there is a reasonable doubt as to the degree of guilt, the finding must be in a lower degree as to which there is no reasonable doubt; and  (4) That the burden of proof to establish the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt is upon the state.
AR Code § 12-64-523 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-523. Convictions, sentences, etc. — Number of votes required

 (a) No person may be convicted of an offense except by the concurrence of three-fourths (¾) of the members present at the time the vote is taken.  (b) All sentences shall be determined by the concurrence of three-fourths (¾) of the members present at the time that the vote is taken.  (c) All other questions to be decided by the members of a general or special court-martial shall be determined by a majority vote.  (d)  (1) A tie vote on a challenge disqualifies the member challenged.  (2) A tie vote on a motion for a finding of not guilty or on a motion relating to the question of the accused's sanity is a determination against the accused.  (3) A tie vote on any other question is a determination in favor of the accused.
AR Code § 12-64-524 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-524. Announcement of action

 (a) In all trials, the court-martial shall announce a finding for each charge and specification that is not dismissed or withdrawn by the prosecution to the parties as soon as the findings are determined.  (b) In all trials before members, the court-martial shall announce a single sentence as to confinement, fines or forfeitures, discharge or dismissal, and reprimand and reduction in rank for all charges and specifications for which the accused was found guilty.  (c) In all trials before a judge alone, the court-martial shall announce a separate sentence as to confinement, fines or forfeitures, discharge or dismissal, and reprimand and reduction in rank for each charge and specification for which the accused was found guilty.
AR Code § 12-64-525 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-525. Record of trial

 (a) Each general, special, and summary court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings of the trial of each case brought before it.  (b) The record of proceedings shall be prepared and authenticated in the same manner as similar courts of the United States Army and United States Air Force.
AR Code § 12-64-526 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 5 - Procedure|§ 12-64-526. Double jeopardy

 (a) No person may without his or her consent be tried a second time in any court of the state for the same offense.  (b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial in the sense of this section until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.  (c) A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidence but before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused is a trial in the sense of this section.
AR Code § 12-64-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-601. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited

 (a) Punishment by flogging or by branding, marking, or tattooing on the body, or any other cruel or unusual punishment, may not be adjudged by any court-martial or inflicted upon any person subject to this code.  (b) The use of irons, single or double, except for the purpose of safe custody, is prohibited.
AR Code § 12-64-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-602. Maximum limits

 The punishment which a court-martial may direct for an offense may not exceed limits prescribed by this code.
AR Code § 12-64-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-603. Sentence of dismissal or discharge

 (a) A dishonorable discharge, bad conduct discharge, or dismissal shall not be adjudged by any court-martial unless a complete record of the proceedings and testimony before the court has been made.  (b) No sentence of dismissal or dishonorable discharge may be executed until it is approved by the Governor or the commanding general of the organized militia.
AR Code § 12-64-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-604. Effective date of sentences

 (a)  (1) Whenever a sentence of a court-martial as lawfully adjudged and approved includes a forfeiture of pay or allowances in addition to confinement not suspended, the forfeiture may apply to pay or allowances becoming due on or after the date the sentence is approved by the convening authority.  (2) No forfeiture may extend to any pay or allowance accrued before that date.    (b)  (1) Rules prescribed by the Governor may provide that sentences of confinement may not be effective or executed until approved by designated officers.  (2) Periods during which confinement is suspended shall be excluded in computing the service of the term of confinement.    (c) All other sentences of courts-martial are effective on the date ordered executed.
AR Code § 12-64-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-605. Execution or suspension of sentence

 (a) Except as otherwise provided, a court-martial sentence, unless suspended, may be ordered executed by the convening authority when approved by the convening authority in accordance with rules prescribed by the Governor.  (b) The convening authority shall approve the sentence or such part, amount, or commuted form of the sentence as the convening authority sees fit and may suspend the execution of the sentence.
AR Code § 12-64-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-606. Execution of confinement

 (a) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a military court, whether or not the sentence includes a discharge or dismissal and whether or not the discharge or dismissal has been executed, may be carried into execution by confinement in any place of confinement under the control of any of the forces of the organized militia or in any jail, penitentiary, or prison designated for that purpose.  (b) Persons so confined in a jail, penitentiary, or prison are subject to the same discipline and treatment as persons confined or committed to the jail, penitentiary, or prison by the courts of the state or of any political subdivision thereof.  (c) The omission of the words “hard labor” from any sentence or punishment of a court-martial adjudging confinement does not deprive the authority executing that sentence or punishment of the power to require hard labor as a part of the punishment.  (d) The keepers, officers, and wardens of city or county jails and of other jails, penitentiaries, or prisons designated by the Governor, or by such person as he or she may authorize shall receive persons ordered into confinement before trial and persons committed to confinement by a military court and shall confine them according to law.
AR Code § 12-64-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-607. Execution of process and sentence

 (a) In the organized militia not in federal service, the processes and sentences of its courts-martial when issued may be executed by the civil officers prescribed by the laws of the state.  (b) When the sentence of a court-martial adjudges confinement and the reviewing authority has approved the sentence in whole or in part, the reviewing authority or the commanding officer for the time being, as the case may be, shall issue a warrant of commitment to the sheriff of the county in which the court-martial was held directing the sheriff to take the body of the person so sentenced and confine him or her in the county jail of the county for the period named in the sentence, as approved, or until he or she may be directed to release him or her for proper authority. The confinement shall be carried out as prescribed for confinement in jail by the code of criminal procedure of this state.
AR Code § 12-64-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-608. General or special court-martial — Authorized sentence after declaration of war prior to jurisdiction of United States Code of Military Justice

 A general or special court-martial convened for the trial of a person charged with committing an offense after the declaration of a war or national emergency and before the time when he or she is brought under the jurisdiction of the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., may, upon conviction, adjudge such punishment as may be appropriate except that it may not exceed that authorized for a similar offense by the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice.
AR Code § 12-64-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-609. Fines and forfeitures

 (a) Fines may be paid to a military court or to an officer executing its process.  (b)  (1) The amount of a fine may be noted upon any state roll or account for pay of the delinquent and deducted from any pay or allowance due or thereafter to become due him or her, until the fine is liquidated.  (2) Any sum so deducted shall be turned in to the military court which imposed the fine and shall be paid over by the officer receiving it in like manner as provided for other fines and moneys collected under a sentence of a summary court-martial.    (c)  (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a fine or penalty imposed by a military court upon an officer or enlistee shall be paid by the officer collecting it within thirty (30) days to the Treasurer of State and shall become a part of, be credited to, and be spent from, the Department of the Military Fund.  (2) The Treasurer of State shall then report the amount thereof to the Adjutant General and shall pay it over in appropriate warrant.    (d) If a punishment of fine or forfeiture of an amount of base pay and allowance is imposed by a court-martial, the amount of the fine or forfeiture shall apply to any type or category of pay and allowances then due or becoming due on or after the date that the punishment is imposed before any deduction, withholding, assignment, previous forfeiture, or collection from the pay and allowances, and to any pay and allowances accrued before that date.
AR Code § 12-64-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 6 - Sentencing|§ 12-64-610. Delinquent fines or forfeitures

 (a)  (1) When a fine or forfeiture is delinquent for a period of ninety (90) days or more, the Department of the Military shall have a cause of action against the person and property liable for the delinquent portion of the fine or forfeiture, costs of collection, penalties, and interest to which the Department of the Military is entitled, plus a reasonable attorney's fee.  (2) The Department of the Military shall have a lien on all property subject to forfeiture.    (b) The action shall be brought in the Pulaski County Circuit Court.  (c) The judgment awarded the Department of the Military under this section shall be enforceable to the same extent and in the same manner as other civil judgments.
AR Code § 12-64-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 7 - Review of Courts-Martial|§ 12-64-701. Initial action on the record

 After a trial by court-martial, the record shall be forwarded to the convening authority, as reviewing authority, and action thereon may be taken by the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, a successor in command, or by the Governor.
AR Code § 12-64-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 4 - Military Affairs|Chapter 64 - Military Justice|Subchapter 7 - Review of Courts-Martial|§ 12-64-702. General court-martial records

 The convening authority shall refer the record of each general court-martial to the State Judge Advocate, who shall submit his or her written opinion thereon to the convening authority. If the final action of the court has resulted in an acquittal of all charges and specifications, the opinion shall be limited to questions of jurisdiction.