{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1016","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1016","heading":"Kinds of courts-martial.","body":"Sec. 16.\n\nThe 3 kinds of courts-martial in the state military forces are:\n\n(a) General courts-martial, consisting of a military judge and not less than 8 members; or only a military judge, if before the court is assembled the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests in writing a court composed only of the military judge and the military judge approves.\n\n(b) Special courts-martial consisting of a military judge and not less than 4 members; or only a military judge, if the accused under the same conditions as those prescribed in subdivision (a), requests a court composed only of the military judge.\n\n(c) Summary courts-martial, consisting of 1 commissioned officer of field grade rank or above who is certified for that duty by the state staff judge advocate and who is not a member of the accused's unit.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 32","Act Act-523-of-1980"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-32-1016","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"67786ff693276fb4a412f1181f25375bdb56a68004b1d8ec358403f3382d343a","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1015","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}