33-10-74. Qualifications of court-martial member.If convening a court-martial, the convening authority shall detail as members thereof such members of the state military forces as, in the convening authority's opinion, are best qualified for the duty by reason of age, education, training, experience, length of service, and judicial temperament. No member of the state military forces is eligible to serve as a member of a general or special court-martial if that member is the accuser, a witness, or has acted as investigating officer or as counsel in the same case. Source: SL 2012, ch 175, §55.
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