Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
Section 29:152 - Article 52. Number of votes requiredA. No person may be convicted of an offense, except as provided in Article 45(B) or by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at the time the vote is taken.B. All other questions to be decided by the members of a general court-martial shall be determined by a majority vote, but a determination to reconsider a finding of guilty or to reconsider a sentence, with a view toward decreasing it, may be made by any lesser vote which indicates that the reconsideration is not opposed by the number of votes required for that finding or sentence. A tie vote on a challenge disqualifies the member challenged. A tie vote on a motion for a finding of not guilty or on a motion relating to the question of the accused's sanity is a determination against the accused. A tie vote on any other question is a determination in favor of the accused.Acts 1974, No. 621, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 568, §1.Acts 1974, No. 621, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 568, §1.