{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-25","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-25","heading":"Who may convene special courts-martial.","body":"(a) In the state military forces, the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where troops are on duty, or of a brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, separate squadron, or other detached command if not lower than a battalion or squadron level, may convene special courts-martial. Special courts-martial may also be convened by superior authority. When any commanding officer is an accuser, the court shall be convened by superior competent authority.\n(b) A special court-martial may not try a commissioned officer.","path":["Title 30 Military Affairs and Defense","Chapter 13 Rhode Island Code of Military Justice"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE30/30-13/30-13-25.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:08Z","sha256":"5e1b0b26ddd88d36496905d3c44983ba3f8c5ece390b85dcd34cb328407c5db7","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-24","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}