(a)  Before the vacation of the suspension of a special court-martial sentence that, as approved, includes a bad-conduct discharge, or of any general court-martial sentence, the officer having special court-martial jurisdiction over the probationer shall hold a hearing on the alleged violation of probation. The probationer shall be represented at the hearing by counsel if he or she so desires.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-71

  • Commanding officer: includes only commissioned officers;
    (5) "Commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrant officer;
    (6) "Convening authority" includes, in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, or a successor in command;
    (7) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any type of required duty other than that set forth in subdivision (2) of this section and includes travel to and from that duty;
    (8) "Enlisted member" means a person in an enlisted grade;
    (9) "Grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designed as a grade by law or regulation;
    (10) Law officer" means an official of a general court-martial detailed in accordance with § 30-13-28
    (11) "Law specialist" means a commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated for special duty (law);
    (12) "Legal officer" means any commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated to perform legal duties for a command;
    (13) "May" is used in a permissive sense. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • 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.
  • Military: refers to any or all of the armed forces;
    (15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, or a provost court;
    (16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
    (17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;
    (18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
    (19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer on the staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justice in the state military forces;
    (20) "State military forces" means the national guard of the state, as defined in 32 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

(b)  The record of the hearing and the recommendation of the officer having special court-martial jurisdiction shall be sent for action to the governor in cases involving a general court-martial sentence and to the commanding officer of the force of the state military forces of which the probationer is a member in all other cases covered by subsection (a) of this section. If the governor or commanding officer vacates the suspension, any unexecuted part of the sentence, except a dismissal, shall be executed.

(c)  The suspension of any other sentence may be vacated by any authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence.

History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-71; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 37.