ARTICLE 6. Judge advocates.
A. The senior force component judge advocates in each of the state's military force components or those judge advocates' delegates shall make frequent inspections in the field in supervision of the administration of military justice in that force component.
B. Convening authorities shall at all times communicate directly with their judge advocates in matters relating to the administration of military justice. The judge advocate of any command is entitled to communicate directly with the judge advocate of a superior or subordinate command, or with the State Judge Advocate.
C. No person who, with respect to a case, serves in a capacity specified in subsection D of this section may later serve as a judge advocate to any reviewing or convening authority upon the same case.
D. The capacities referred to in subsection C of this section are, with respect to the case involved, any of the following:
1. Preliminary hearing officer, court member, military judge, military magistrate, or appellate judge; or
2. Counsel who have acted in the same case or appeared in any proceeding before a military judge, preliminary hearing officer, or appellate court.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 408, § 10, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
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