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§106.  Article 6.  Judge advocates and legal officers

A.  The adjutant general shall appoint an officer of the state military forces as state judge advocate.  To be eligible for appointment, an officer must have been a member of the bar of the highest court of the state for at least five years.  

B.  The adjutant general shall appoint judge advocates and legal officers upon the recommendation of the state judge advocate.  To be eligible for appointment, judge advocates and legal officers must be officers of the state military forces and members of the bar of a federal court or of the highest court of a state.  

C.  The state judge advocate or his assistants shall make frequent inspections in the field in supervision of the administration of military justice.  

D.  Convening authorities shall at all times communicate directly with their staff judge advocates or legal officers in matters relating to the administration of military justice; and the staff judge advocate or legal officer of any command is entitled to communicate directly with the staff judge advocate or legal officer of a superior or subordinate command, or with the state judge advocate.  

E.  No person who has acted as a member, military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer in any case may later act as staff judge advocate or legal officer to any reviewing authority upon the same case.  

Acts 1974, No. 621, §1.