39-6-12 - Person accused of offense against civilian -- Sentences of military and civilian courts.
39-6-12. Person accused of offense against civilian -- Sentences of military andcivilian courts.
(1) Under this chapter, a person on duty and subject to this chapter who is accused of anoffense against a civilian person may be delivered, upon request, to the civilian authority forjudicial proceedings.
(2) (a) When a person under sentence imposed by a military court is delivered to acivilian authority under this section, and the person is convicted in a civilian court, the executionof the sentence of the military court is interrupted.
(b) After the person has completed the sentence imposed by the civilian court, uponrequest of military authority, he shall be returned to military custody for completion of hismilitary court sentence.
Enacted by Chapter 210, 1988 General Session