{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-67","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-67","heading":"Approval by convening authority.","body":"In acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial, the convening authority may approve only such findings of guilty, and the sentence or such a part or amount of the sentence, as he or she finds correct in law and fact and as he or she in his or her discretion determines should be approved. Unless the convening authority indicates otherwise, approval of the sentence is approval of the findings and sentence.","path":["Title 30 Military Affairs and Defense","Chapter 13 Rhode Island Code of Military Justice"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE30/30-13/30-13-67.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:09Z","sha256":"d32361eca46e94fb9123a82c99ce7e7617861d7015969736202edf390c1d93e6","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-66","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-68"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}