{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-26.05.485","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 26.05.485","heading":"Absent and additional members.","body":"(a) A member of a general or special court-martial may not be absent or excused after the court has been assembled for the trial of the accused unless the member is excused\n(1) as a result of a challenge; or\n(2) for good cause by the military judge or by order of the convening authority.\n(b) If a general court-martial, other than a general court-martial composed of only a military judge, is reduced below five members, the military judge shall assign an available alternate member to the general court-martial to restore the court to five members. The trial may not proceed if a general court-martial, other than a general court-martial composed of only a military judge, is reduced below five members and no alternate is available for assignment.\n(c) If a special court-martial, other than a special court-martial composed of only a military judge, is reduced below three members, the military judge shall assign an alternate member to the special court-martial to restore the court to three members. The trial may not proceed if a special court-martial, other than a special court-martial composed of only a military judge, is reduced below three members and no alternate is available for assignment.\n(d) If the military judge of a court-martial composed of only a military judge is unable to proceed with a trial because of a challenge or for other good cause, the senior force judge advocate shall detail a new military judge. The trial shall proceed as if no evidence had previously been introduced, unless a verbatim record of the evidence previously introduced or a written stipulation of the evidence is read in court in the presence of the new military judge, the accused, and counsel for both sides.","path":["Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace.","Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice.","Article 2. Military Justice."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#26.05.485","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:01Z","sha256":"15ec570f75c8acf27fe44305acdc925ef6d99b04df0fe929c656d888a11bbdf8","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-26.05.480","next":"us-ak/as-26.05.490"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}