§ 20-12-1 Short title
§ 20-12-2 Adoption of Uniform Code of Military Justice; Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1984; United States military regulations and directives; decisions of United States court of military appeals and courts of military review; limitations and exceptions
§ 20-12-3 Persons subject to the code; applicability of the code
§ 20-12-4 Convening authorities; nonjudicial punishment authorities
§ 20-12-5 Judge advocates
§ 20-12-6 Limitation on punishments
§ 20-12-7 Advice; reviews and appeals; extraordinary writs
§ 20-12-8 Confinement
§ 20-12-9 Reductions in grade
§ 20-12-10 Forfeitures or fines
§ 20-12-11 Nonjudicial punishment
§ 20-12-12 Absence without leave; confinement during period of duty
§ 20-12-13 Accessory after the fact
§ 20-12-14 Conviction of lesser included offense
§ 20-12-15 Attempts
§ 20-12-16 Conspiracy
§ 20-12-17 Solicitation
§ 20-12-18 Fraudulent enlistment, appointment or separation
§ 20-12-19 Unlawful enlistment, appointment or separation
§ 20-12-20 Desertion
§ 20-12-21 Absence without leave
§ 20-12-22 Missing movement
§ 20-12-23 Contempt toward officials
§ 20-12-24 Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer
§ 20-12-25 Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer
§ 20-12-26 Insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer, noncommissioned officer or petty officer
§ 20-12-27 Failure to obey order or regulation
§ 20-12-28 Cruelty and maltreatment
§ 20-12-29 Mutiny or sedition
§ 20-12-30 Resistance, breach of arrest and escape
§ 20-12-31 Releasing prisoner without proper authority
§ 20-12-32 Unlawful detention
§ 20-12-33 Noncompliance with procedural rules
§ 20-12-34 Misbehavior before the enemy
§ 20-12-35 Subordinate compelling surrender
§ 20-12-36 Improper use of countersign
§ 20-12-37 Forcing a safeguard
§ 20-12-38 Captured or abandoned property
§ 20-12-39 Aiding the enemy
§ 20-12-40 Misconduct as prisoner
§ 20-12-41 Spies
§ 20-12-42 Espionage
§ 20-12-43 False official statements
§ 20-12-44 Military property of the United States; loss, damage, destruction or wrongful disposition
§ 20-12-45 Property other than military property of United States;
§ 20-12-46 Improper hazarding of vessel
§ 20-12-47 Drunken or reckless driving
§ 20-12-48 Drunk on duty
§ 20-12-49 Murder
§ 20-12-50 Manslaughter
§ 20-12-51 Rape and other sex crimes
§ 20-12-52 Larceny and wrongful appropriation
§ 20-12-53 Robbery
§ 20-12-54 Forgery
§ 20-12-55 Making, drawing or uttering check, draft or order without sufficient funds
§ 20-12-56 Maiming
§ 20-12-58 Arson
§ 20-12-59 Assault
§ 20-12-60 Extortion
§ 20-12-61 Burglary
§ 20-12-62 Housebreaking
§ 20-12-63 Perjury
§ 20-12-64 Frauds against the United States
§ 20-12-65 Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman
§ 20-12-66 Wrongful use and possession of controlled substances
§ 20-12-67 Misbehavior of sentinel
§ 20-12-69 Malingering
§ 20-12-70 Riot or breach of peace
§ 20-12-71 Provoking speeches or gestures
§ 20-12-72 Principals
§ 20-12-73 General article
§ 20-12-74 Prohibited activities with military recruit or trainee by person in position of special trust; consent not a defense
§ 20-12-75 Wearing unauthorized insignia, decoration, badge, ribbon, device or lapel button

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 20 > Article 12 - Code of Military Justice

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.