Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 860: Art. 60. Post-trial processing in general and special courts-martial

Civil

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This statute establishes procedural requirements for post-trial processing in military courts-martial, including documentation of pleas, findings, sentences, and victim notification, with specified effective dates for amendments.

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each plea and finding; the sentence, if any; and such other information as the President may prescribe by regulation. Copies of the Statement of Trial Results shall be provided promptly to the convening authority, the accused, and any victim of the offense. may affect a plea, a finding, the sentence, the Statement of Trial Results, the record of trial, or any post-trial action by the convening authority; and are subject to resolution by the military judge before entry of judgment. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amendments made by subsection (b) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c) [amending this section and section 871 of this title ] shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Dec. 26, 2013 ] and shall apply with respect to offenses committed under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), on or after that effective date. With respect to the findings and sentence of a court-martial that includes both a conviction for an offense committed before the effective date specified in subparagraph (A) and a conviction for an offense committed on or after that effective date, the convening authority shall have the same authority to take action on such findings and sentence as was in effect on the day before such effective date, except with respect to a mandatory minimum sentence under section 856(b) of title 10 , United States Code (article 56(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).”

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