{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-1-2530","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-2530","heading":"Types of courts-martial.","body":"There may be three types of courts-martial in the state military forces:\n1. general court-martial, consisting of:\n(a) a military judge and not less than five members; or\n(b) only a military judge if, before the court is assembled, the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge, and after consultation with defense counsel, requests in writing a court composed only of a military judge, and the military judge approves;\n2. special court-martial, consisting of:\n(a) a military judge and not less than three members; or\n(b) only a military judge, if one has been detailed to the court, and the accused under the same conditions as prescribed in item (b) of subsection 1 of this section so requests; and\n3. summary court-martial, consisting of one officer, the state military judge, a judge advocate detailed to the court as the hearing officer, or a panel of three officers.","path":["Title 25 - MILITARY, CIVIL DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS","CHAPTER 1 Military Code","ARTICLE 19 Code of Military Justice for the National Guard"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t25c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:53:39Z","sha256":"c4afeb30cdc3523f3c3fe8414a820f216bdb7b4daab60cc318fe922f312a7965","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-1-2520","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-1-2540"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}