{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1029","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1029","heading":"General or special court-martial; members not to be absent or excused after arraignment; exceptions; reduction of membership below specified number; procedure.","body":"Sec. 29.\n\n(1) A member of a general or special courts-martial shall not be absent or excused after the accused has been arraigned except for physical disability or as a result of a challenge or by order of the convening authority for good cause.\n\n(2) If a general court-martial is reduced below 8 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority appoints new members sufficient in number to provide not less than 8 members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial may proceed after the recorded testimony of each witness previously examined has been read to the court-martial in the presence of the military judge, the accused, and counsel.\n\n(3) If a special court-martial is reduced below 4 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority appoints new members sufficient in number to provide not less than 4 members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial shall proceed as if no evidence had previously been introduced, unless a verbatim record of the testimony of previously examined witnesses or a stipulation of that testimony is read to the court-martial in the presence of the accused and counsel.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 32","Act Act-523-of-1980"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-32-1029","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"5206d02c070da606c28e1a69bca7d3d533e72ca3c93aceb5af0db9c2efcd8cc9","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1028","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}