{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1052","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1052","heading":"Conviction and sentence; concurrence of 3/4 of members present required; determination of questions by majority vote or lesser vote; tie vote.","body":"Sec. 52.\n\n(1) An individual must not be convicted of an offense in a general or special court-martial, except under any of the following circumstances:\n\n(a) After a plea of guilty under section 45.\n\n(b) By a military judge in a court-martial with a military judge alone under section 16.\n\n(c) In a court-martial with members under section 16, by the concurrence of 3/4 of the members present at the time the vote is taken.\n\n(2) Each sentence imposed by a court-martial must be determined by the concurrence of 3/4 of the members present at the time that the vote is taken.\n\n(3) Any other question to be decided by the members of a general or special court-martial must be determined by a majority vote, but the determination to reconsider a finding of guilty or reconsider a sentence, to decrease or lessen the sentence, may be made by a lesser vote that indicates that the reconsideration is not opposed by the number of votes required for that finding or sentence.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 32","Act Act-523-of-1980"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-32-1052","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"bee2be59a0d99c6c88c18ff5027774e010b40e5ec0e4bccbc39a32961a2d2587","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1051","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}