A. An authority convening a general, special or summary court-martial, or any other commanding officer, shall not censure, reprimand or admonish the court or any member, military judge or counsel, with respect to the findings or sentence adjudged by the court, or with respect to any other exercises of its or his functions in the conduct of the proceedings. A person subject to this chapter shall not attempt to coerce or, by any unauthorized means, influence the action of a court-martial or any other military tribunal or any member of a tribunal in reaching the findings or sentence in any case, or the action of any convening, approving or reviewing authority with respect to judicial acts. This subsection does not apply to general instructional or informational courses in military justice if such courses are designed solely for the purpose of instructing members of a command in the substantive and procedural aspects of courts-martial or to statements and instructions given in open court by the military judge, president of a special court-martial or counsel.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 26-1037

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Commanding officer: means only commissioned officers. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
  • Military: means any or all of the armed forces of this state, the United States or any other state. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
  • Military judge: means an official of a general or special court-martial detailed in accordance with section 26-1026. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
  • National guard: means the national guard of Arizona and the state guard when organized. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. In the preparation of an effectiveness, fitness or efficiency report or any other report or document used in whole or in part for the purpose of determining whether a member of the national guard is qualified to be advanced in grade, in determining the assignment or transfer of a member of the national guard or in determining whether a member of the national guard should be retained, a person subject to this chapter, in preparing any such report, shall not consider or evaluate the performance of duty of any such member of a court-martial or give a less favorable rating or evaluation of any member of the national guard because of the zeal with which such member, as counsel, represented any accused before a court-martial.