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Title 19 Defense Forces and Affairs

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19-12-108. Confinement in county jail; fines.

(a) Where punishment by a court-martial is imprisonment for one (1) year or less, confinement shall be in the county jail of the county wherein the court is convened. The sheriff shall accept the prisoner upon receipt of written order promulgating the sentence of the court. (b) Where punishment by a court-martial is imprisonment for more than one (1) year, the prisoner shall be remanded to the custody of the department of corrections in the same manner as civilians convicted of criminal offenses classified as a felony. (c) Fines imposed by a court-martial, at the option of the president of the court-martial or the summary court officer, may be collected in the following manner: (i) By forfeiture of pay or allowances, or both, due or to become due from the state or the United States; (ii) By immediate payment of the fine in full, in cash, to the deputy director of the Wyoming military department to be paid into the state treasury; or (iii) Upon failure of the convicted person to forthwith pay the fine in cash when so ordered, by the commitment of the person to the county jail of the county wherein the court is held for five (5) days. If the fine remains unpaid sixty (60) days after release, the convicted person shall be again committed to the county jail of the county wherein the court is held for an additional five (5) days.

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19-12-108. Confinement in county jail; fines.

(a) Where punishment by a court-martial is imprisonment for one (1) year or less, confinement shall be in the county jail of the county wherein the court is convened. The sheriff shall accept the prisoner upon receipt of written order promulgating the sentence of the court. (b) Where punishment by a court-martial is imprisonment for more than one (1) year, the prisoner shall be remanded to the custody of the department of corrections in the same manner as civilians convicted of criminal offenses classified as a felony. (c) Fines imposed by a court-martial, at the option of the president of the court-martial or the summary court officer, may be collected in the following manner: (i) By forfeiture of pay or allowances, or both, due or to become due from the state or the United States; (ii) By immediate payment of the fine in full, in cash, to the deputy director of the Wyoming military department to be paid into the state treasury; or (iii) Upon failure of the convicted person to forthwith pay the fine in cash when so ordered, by the commitment of the person to the county jail of the county wherein the court is held for five (5) days. If the fine remains unpaid sixty (60) days after release, the convicted person shall be again committed to the county jail of the county wherein the court is held for an additional five (5) days.

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