2020 Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 29B - MILITARY JUSTICE
Section 29B.35 - Advice of staff judge advocate and reference for trial.
29B.35 Advice of staff judge advocate and reference for trial.
1. Before directing the trial of any charge by general court-martial, the convening authority shall refer the charge to the appropriate staff judge advocate of the state force concerned for consideration and advice. The convening authority may not refer a charge to a general court-martial for trial unless the authority has found that the charge alleges an offense under this code and is warranted by evidence indicated in the report of the investigation.
2. If the charges or specifications are not formally correct or do not conform to the substance of the evidence contained in the report of the investigating officer, formal corrections, and such changes in the charges and specifications as are needed to make them conform to the evidence may be made.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.35]
2002 Acts, ch 1117, §46, 52; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
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