Kentucky Statutes 35.031 – Judge advocates
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(1) The senior force judge advocates in each of the state‘s military forces or that judge advocate‘s delegates shall make frequent inspections in the field of supervision of the administration of military justice.
(2) 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.
(3) No person who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, defense counsel, or investigating officer, or who has been a witness in any case may later act as a judge advocate to any reviewing authority upon the same case.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2013. — Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 5.
Formerly codified as KRS § 35.022.
(2) 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.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 35.031
- Judge advocate: means a commissioned officer of the organized state military forces who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a state, and is:
(a) Certified or designated as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or a reserve component of one (1) of these. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010 - Military: refers to any or all of the Armed Forces. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
- Military judge: means an official of a general and special court-martial detailed in accordance with KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
- Officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See Kentucky Statutes 35.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(3) No person who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, defense counsel, or investigating officer, or who has been a witness in any case may later act as a judge advocate to any reviewing authority upon the same case.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2013. — Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 5.
Formerly codified as KRS § 35.022.