{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-33-13-159","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 33-13-159","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 33-13-159","body":"(1) Subject to Section 33-13-153 , summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code.\n\n(2) Any person given notice of trial by a summary courts-martial may request trial before a special or general courts-martial. The decision to grant this request is reserved to the special or general court-martial convening authority, respectively.\n\n(3) The maximum sentence a summary courts-martial may impose for a single offense is:\n\n(a) A fine of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), and/or forfeiture of all pay and/or allowances;\n\n(b) Reduction to the lowest or any intermediate pay grade, but an enlisted member in a pay grade above E-4 may not be reduced more than four (4) pay grades;\n\n(c) Confinement for not more than thirty (30) days;\n\n(d) Forfeiture of all pay and allowances for any period of confinement;\n\n(e) If found to have willfully or maliciously caused any injury to any person or property, restitution in an amount of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) or less; and\n\n(f) Any punishment authorized in Section 33-13-31 .\n\n(4) Any person given notice of a trial by a summary courts-martial who fails to appear at trial may be tried, convicted and sentenced in absentia.","path":["MS Code","Title 33"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"52c6799dbf67eee895109706152a936b19e2f620c3d8cc0ad402561911a3ead2","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-33-13-157","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-33-13-161"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}