{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-1059","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1059","heading":"Effect of error of law on appeal; material prejudice; lesser included offense.","body":"(a) A finding or sentence of a court-martial shall not be held incorrect on the ground of an error of law unless the error materially prejudices the substantial rights of the accused.\n(b) Any reviewing authority with the power to approve or affirm a finding of guilty may approve or affirm, instead, so much of the finding as includes a lesser included offense.","path":["TITLE 38 Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs","CHAPTER 2 Military Affairs","Article 5 Code of Military Justice","PART 9 Review of Courts-Martial"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.38.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"ef1023ac533ae12f92dc5b9c7ec878810eee643d6234ba58c9c411968c21520d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-1058.2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-1060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}