§ 32.1006

32.1006 State staff judge advocate; appointment; eligibility; inspections; communications; individual acting in court-martial case prohibited from acting as staff judge advocate or judge advocate to, or as a member of, reviewing authority or military appeals tribunal on same case.Sec. 6. (1) The adjutant general shall appoint an officer of the state military forces as state staff judge advocate. To be eligible for appointment, an officer must be licensed to practice law in this state, and have practiced law in this state for at least 5 years, and must be a commissioned officer of the rank of lieutenant colonel or higher in the judge advocate general's corps. (2) The state staff judge advocate or the state staff judge advocate's delegate shall make frequent inspections in the field in the supervision of the administration of military justice. (3) Each convening authority shall communicate directly with its staff judge advocate or judge advocate in matters relating to the administration of military justice. The staff judge advocate or judge advocate of a command is entitled to communicate directly with the staff judge advocate or judge advocate of a superior or subordinate command,

of military justice. The staff judge advocate or judge advocate of a command is entitled to communicate directly with the staff judge advocate or judge advocate of a superior or subordinate command, or with the state staff judge advocate. (4) An individual who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer in a court-martial case shall not act later as staff judge advocate or judge advocate to a reviewing authority or to the military appeals tribunal or be a member of a reviewing authority or a member of the military appeals tribunal on the same case. History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 2024, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2024