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Title 10
Title 10
MILITARY COMMISSIONS
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Definitions
Military commissions generally
Persons subject to military commissions
Jurisdiction of military commissions
Who may convene military commissions
Who may serve on military commissions
Military judge of a military commission
Detail of trial counsel and defense counsel
Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters
Number of members; excuse of members; absent and additional members
Charges and specifications
Exclusion of statements obtained by torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; prohibition of self-incrimination; admission of other statements of the accused
Service of charges
Rules
Unlawfully influencing action of military commission and United States Court of Military Commission Review
Duties of trial counsel and defense counsel
Sessions
Continuances
Challenges
Oaths
Former jeopardy
Pleas of the accused
Opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence
Defense of lack of mental responsibility
Voting and rulings
Number of votes required
Military commission to announce action
Record of trial
Protection of classified information: applicability of subchapter
Pretrial conference
Protective orders
Discovery of, and access to, classified information by the accused
Notice by accused of intention to disclose classified information
Procedure for cases involving classified information
Introduction of classified information into evidence
Cruel or unusual punishments prohibited
Maximum limits
Execution of confinement
Error of law; lesser included offense
Review by the convening authority
Appellate referral; waiver or withdrawal of appeal
Interlocutory appeals by the United States
Rehearings
Review by United States Court of Military Commission Review
Review by United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; writ of certiorari to Supreme Court
Appellate counsel
Execution of sentence; suspension of sentence
Finality of proceedings, findings, and sentences
Definitions; construction of certain offenses; common circumstances
Principals
Accessory after the fact
Conviction of lesser offenses
Crimes triable by military commission