10 Guam Code Ann. § 63703
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Terms Used In 10 Guam Code Ann. § 63703
- 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.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(a) Each person discharged from the territorial military forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained his discharge is, subject to § 63720.9 of this Code, subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is, after apprehension, subject to this Code while in custody of the military for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge he is subject to trial by court-
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martial for all offenses under this Code committed before the fraudulent discharge.
(b) No person who has deserted from the territorial military forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this Code by virtue of a separation from any later period of service.
(c) A person subject to this Code is not, by virtue of the termination of a period of active duty or inactive duty training, relieved from amenability to jurisdiction of this Code for an offense against this Code committed during such period of active duty or inactive-duty training.
SOURCE: UCMJ ARTICLE 3.