Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-40. Unlawfully influencing action of court
No authority convening a general, special, or summary court-martial nor any other commanding officer, or officer serving on the staff thereof, may censure, reprimand, or admonish the court or any member, law officer, or counsel thereof, with respect to the findings or sentence adjudged by the court, or with respect to any other exercise of its, or his or her functions in the conduct of the proceeding. No person subject to this code may attempt to coerce or, by any unauthorized means, influence the action of the court-martial or any other military tribunal, or any member thereof, or an investigating officer, in reaching the findings or sentence in any case, or the action of any convening, approving, or reviewing authority with respect to his or her judicial acts.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-40; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-40
- Commanding officer: includes only commissioned officers;
(5) "Commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrant officer;
(6) "Convening authority" includes, in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, or a successor in command;
(7) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any type of required duty other than that set forth in subdivision (2) of this section and includes travel to and from that duty;
(8) "Enlisted member" means a person in an enlisted grade;
(9) "Grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designed as a grade by law or regulation;
(10) Law officer" means an official of a general court-martial detailed in accordance with § 30-13-28
(11) "Law specialist" means a commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated for special duty (law);
(12) "Legal officer" means any commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated to perform legal duties for a command;
(13) "May" is used in a permissive sense. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1 - Military: refers to any or all of the armed forces;
(15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, or a provost court;
(16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
(17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;
(18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
(19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer on the staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justice in the state military forces;
(20) "State military forces" means the national guard of the state, as defined in 32 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1 - person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6