Pennsylvania § 5907 Disposition of records after review by convening authority

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 5907 — Disposition of records after review by convening authority

Pennsylvania § 5907

Title 51MILITARY AFFAIRS

PartPART IV

Ch. 59POSTTRIAL PROCEDURE AND REVIEW

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51 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5907 (2026).

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(a)General rule.--Except as otherwise required by this title, all records of trial and related documents shall be transmitted and disposed of as prescribed by this section and regulations promulgated by the department.

(b)Final action by Governor.--When the Governor has taken final action in a court-martial case in which he is the convening authority, there shall be no further review.

(c)Final action by other authority.--When a convening authority other than the Governor has taken final action in a general court-martial case, the convening authority shall forward the entire record, including his action thereon and the opinion or opinions of the staff judge advocate or legal officer, to the State Judge Advocate.

(d)Bad-conduct discharge.--Where the sentence of a special court-martial

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(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise required by this title, all records of trial and related documents shall be transmitted and disposed of as prescribed by this section and regulations promulgated by the department.

(b) Final action by Governor.--When the Governor has taken final action in a court-martial case in which he is the convening authority, there shall be no further review.

(c) Final action by other authority.--When a convening authority other than the Governor has taken final action in a general court-martial case, the convening authority shall forward the entire record, including his action thereon and the opinion or opinions of the staff judge advocate or legal officer, to the State Judge Advocate.

(d) Bad-conduct discharge.--Where the sentence of a special court-martial as approved by the convening authority includes a bad-conduct discharge, whether or not suspended, the record shall be forwarded to the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the command to be reviewed in the same manner as a record of trial by a general court-martial. If the sentence as approved by an officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction includes a bad-conduct discharge, whether or not suspended, the record shall be forwarded to the State Judge Advocate.

(e) Review and disposition of other records.--All other special and summary court-martial records shall be reviewed by a judge advocate of the Pennsylvania National Guard and shall be transmitted and disposed of as the department may prescribe by regulations.