Title 59, Title 59. Veterans-Military Affairs

(A) Before directing the trial of any charge by general court-martial, the convening authority shall refer it to the convening authority's staff judge advocate or legal officer for consideration and advice. The convening authority may not refer a charge to a general court-martial…

The trial counsel to whom court-martial charges are referred for trial shall cause to be served upon the accused a copy of the charges upon which trial is to be had. Except in time of declared war, no person may, against the person's objection, be brought to trial or be required …

The procedure, including modes of proof, in cases before military courts may be prescribed by the adjutant general by regulations, that shall, so far as the adjutant general considers practicable, apply the principles of law and the rules of evidence generally recognized in the t…

(A) No authority convening a general, special, or summary court-martial, other commanding officer, or officer serving on the staff of a convening authority or other commanding officer may censure, reprimand, or admonish the court or any member, military judge, or counsel of the c…

(A) The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial shall prosecute in the name of the state and shall, under the direction of the court, prepare the record of the proceedings. (B) The accused has the right to be represented in the accused's defense before a general or sp…

(A) At any time after the service of charges that have been referred for trial to a court-martial composed of a military judge and members, the military judge may, subject to section 5924.35 of the Revised Code, call the court into session without the presence of the members for …

The military judge or a court-martial without a military judge may, for reasonable cause, grant a continuance to any party for such time, and as often, as may appear to be just.

(A) The military judge and members of a general or special court-martial may be challenged by the accused or the trial counsel for cause stated to the court. The military judge or, if none, the court shall determine the relevancy and validity of challenges for cause and may not r…

(A) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, interpreters, members of general and special courts-martial, the trial counsel, the assistant trial counsel, the defense counsel, the assistant defense counsel, and reporters shall take an oath or affirmation to perf…

(A) A person charged with an offense punishable under this code is not liable to be tried by court-martial or punished under section 5924.15 of the Revised Code if the offense was committed more than four years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer …

(A) No person may be tried a second time in any court-martial of this 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 for purposes of this section until the finding of guilty ha…

(A) An accused may plead not guilty, not guilty by reason of insanity, guilty, or, with the consent of the court, no contest. A plea of not guilty by reason of insanity shall be made in writing by either the accused or the accused's attorney. All other pleas may be made orally. T…

(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 regulations as the adjutant general may prescribe. (B) Process issued in court-martial cases to compel witnesses to appear…

Any person not subject to this code who has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a military court or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before a military court or has been duly …

A military court, in the manner provided for in Chapter 2705. of the Revised Code, may punish for contempt any person who is guilty of any act described in section 2705.02 of the Revised Code.

At any time after charges have been signed as provided in section 5924.30 of the Revised Code, any party may take oral or written depositions in the manner and for the purposes provided in the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure.

(A) In any case, the sworn testimony contained in the duly authenticated record of proceedings of a board of officers of a person whose oral testimony cannot be obtained may, if otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, be read in evidence by any party before a court-mart…

(A) In an action under this code, the military judge, trial counsel, defense counsel, or civilian counsel may raise the issue of the accused's competence to stand trial. If the issue is raised before the trial has commenced, the court shall hold a hearing on the issue as provided…

(A) If the issue of an accused's competence to stand trial is raised or if an accused enters a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, the court may order one or more evaluations of the accused's present mental condition or, in the case of a plea of not guilty by reason of insa…

(A) If the issue of an accused's competence to stand trial is raised and if the court, upon conducting the hearing provided for in section 5924.502 of the Revised Code, finds that the accused is competent to stand trial, the accused shall be proceeded against as provided by law. …

(A) If an accused being tried by a general court-martial is found incompetent to stand trial, after the expiration of the maximum time for treatment as specified in division (C) of section 5924.503 of the Revised Code or after the court finds that there is not a substantial proba…

For purposes of sections 5924.502 and 5924.506 of the Revised Code, a person is "not guilty by reason of insanity" relative to a charge of an offense only as described in division (A)(14) of section 2901.01 of the Revised Code. Proof that a person's reason, at the time of the com…

(A) If an accused person is found not guilty by reason of insanity, the verdict shall state that finding, and the trial court shall conduct a full hearing to determine whether the person is a person with a mental illness subject to hospitalization by court order. Prior to the hea…

(A) Voting by members of a general or special court-martial on the findings and on the sentence, and by members of a court-martial without a military judge upon questions of challenge, shall be by secret written ballot. The junior member of the court shall in each case count the …

(A) No person may be convicted of any offense, except by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the court-martial present at the time the vote is taken. (B) All other questions to be decided by the members of a general or special court-martial shall be determined by a ma…

A court-martial shall announce its findings and sentence to the parties as soon as determined.

(A) Each general court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings in each case brought before it, and the record shall be authenticated by the signature of the military judge. If the record cannot be authenticated by the military judge by reason of death, disability,…

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. The use of irons, single or double, except for the purpose of safe cust…

The punishment that a court-martial may direct for an offense may not exceed limits prescribed by the adjutant general for the offense.

(A)(1) A forfeiture of pay or allowances or reduction in grade that is included in a sentence of a court-martial takes effect on the earlier of the date that is fourteen days after the date on which the sentence is adjudged or the date on which the sentence is approved by the con…

(A) Subject to regulations prescribed by the adjutant general, a sentence of confinement adjudged by a court-martial or other military tribunal, whether or not the sentence includes discharge or dismissal, and whether or not the discharge or dismissal has been executed, may be ca…

(A) Except as otherwise provided in regulations made by the adjutant general, a court-martial sentence of an enlisted member in a pay grade above E-1 that includes a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, confinement, or hard labor without confinement reduces the member to pay gr…

(A) A member who receives a court-martial sentence that includes confinement for more than six months or confinement for six months or less and a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge or dismissal forfeits pay, or pay and allowances, during any period of confinement or parole. Th…

(A) A finding or sentence of a court-martial may not be held incorrect on the ground of an error of law unless the error materially prejudices the substantial rights of the accused. (B) Any reviewing authority with the power to approve or affirm a finding of guilty may instead ap…

(A) A court-martial shall report its findings and sentence to the convening authority after announcing the sentence. (B)(1) The accused may submit to the convening authority matters relating to the findings and sentence to the convening authority for its consideration. A submissi…

(A) An accused may appeal a finding of guilty or the sentence of a court-martial to the court of military appeals. The court shall hear an appeal if the convening authority or other authorized person approved a sentence of dismissal of a commissioned officer, dishonorable or bad …

(A) In a trial by court-martial in which a military judge presides and in which a punitive discharge may be adjudged, the state may appeal any of the following, except an order or ruling that is, or that amounts to, a finding of not guilty with respect to the charge or specificat…

Each rehearing ordered pursuant to section 5924.60 of the Revised Code or by the court of military appeals shall take place before a court-martial composed of members who were not members of the court-martial that first heard the case. Upon a rehearing the accused may not be trie…

(A) A judge advocate shall review pursuant to regulations prescribed by the adjutant general each case in which there has been a finding of guilty and in which no appeal is taken. A judge advocate may not review a case under this section if the judge advocate has acted in the sam…

If an accused files a notice of appeal, the convening authority shall transmit the record of trial and post-trial proceedings in the case to the state judge advocate for appropriate action. If the accused does not file a notice of appeal or files a notice of appeal and withdraws …

(A) There is hereby created the court of military appeals. The court is a court of record and has exclusive jurisdiction of all appeals from courts-martial convened pursuant to this code. The court shall sit in Franklin county. All hearings conducted by the court shall be public.…

A judge of the court of military appeals shall receive as compensation for each day of attendance on the business of the court an amount equal to the annual compensation of a judge of a court of appeals divided by the number of days in the calendar year. A judge who resides more …

The court of military appeals may subpoena witnesses, require the production of evidence, and punish for contempt in the same manner and to the same extent as a common pleas court.

Appeals from orders and judgments of the court of military appeals may be taken to the supreme court in the same manner and to the same extent as criminal appeals from orders and judgments of a court of appeals.

(A) The state judge advocate shall detail one or more judge advocates as appellate government counsel and one or more judge advocates assigned to the United States army trial defense service or the United States air force area defense counsel as appellate defense counsel. Appella…

(A) If the sentence of a court-martial of a commissioned officer or cadet includes dismissal, that part of the sentence providing for dismissal may not be executed until it is approved by the adjutant general. The adjutant general may commute, remit, or suspend the sentence or an…