Section 32.1064 - Approval by convening authority of findings of guilty and sentence; approval of sentence as approval of findings. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE OF 1980 (EXCERPT)
Act 523 of 1980

32.1064 Approval by convening authority of findings of guilty and sentence; approval of sentence as approval of findings.

Sec. 64.

In acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial, the convening authority may approve only those findings of guilty and the sentence or part or amount of the sentence as the convening authority finds correct in law and fact and as the convening authority in the authority's discretion approves. Unless the convening authority indicates otherwise, approval of the sentence is approval of the findings.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981