Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 13A-103
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Terms Used In Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 13A-103
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See - State military forces: means the National Guard of the State, as defined in title 32 of the United States Code, when not in a status subjecting them to exclusive jurisdiction under 10 U. See
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(a) (1) Each person discharged from the State military forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained a discharge is, subject to § 13A-708 of this title, subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is, after apprehension, subject to this title while in custody under the direction of the State military forces for that trial.
(2) On conviction of that charge, that person is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this title committed before the fraudulent discharge.
(b) No person who has deserted from the state military forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this title by virtue of a separation from any later period of service.