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O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1049 Depositions
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(a) At any time after charges have been signed as provided for in Code Section 38-2-1030, the military judge or summary court-martial officer, with approval of the state judge advocate, may allow a party to take oral or written depositions for good cause. (b) The party at whose i…
O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1050 Admissibility of records of courts of inquiry
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(a) In any case not extending to the dismissal of a commissioned officer, the sworn testimony, contained in the duly authenticated record of proceedings of a court of inquiry, of a person whose oral testimony cannot be obtained may, if otherwise admissible under the rules of evid…
O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1050.1 Defense of mental disease or defect
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(a) It shall be an affirmative defense in a trial by court-martial that, at the time of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the accused, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his o…
O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1051 Voting, rulings, and charge
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(a) Voting by members of a general or special court-martial on the findings and on the sentence shall be by secret written ballot. The junior member of the court shall count the votes. The count shall be checked by the president who shall forthwith announce the result of the ballo…