Kansas Statutes 48-2106. Judge advocates; appointment; assistants
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 48-2106
- Judge advocate: means :
(a) An officer of the judge advocate general's corps of the army or the navy or of the state military forces;
(b) an officer of the air force or the marine corps who is designated as a judge advocate; or
(c) an officer of the coast guard who is designated as a law specialist. See Kansas Statutes 48-2101
- Judge advocate general: means the commissioned officer responsible for supervising the administration of the military justice in the state military forces. See Kansas Statutes 48-2101
- Military: refers to any or all of the armed forces. See Kansas Statutes 48-2101
- Military judge: means an official of a general or special court-martial detailed in accordance with this code. See Kansas Statutes 48-2101
- Officer: means commissioned or warrant officer. See Kansas Statutes 48-2101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State military forces: means the national guard of the state, as defined in section 101 (3) of title 32, United States Code, and any other military force organized under the laws of the state. See Kansas Statutes 48-2101
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(a) The governor, on the recommendation of the adjutant general, shall appoint an officer of the state military forces as judge advocate general. To be eligible for appointment, an officer must be a member of the bar of the highest court of the state and must have been a member of the bar of the state for at least five (5) years.
(b) The adjutant general may appoint as many assistants to the judge advocate general as he or she considers necessary who shall be designated assistant judge advocates. To be eligible for appointment, assistant judge advocates must be officers of the state military forces and members of the bar of the highest court of the state.
(c) Convening authorities shall at all times communicate directly with their staff judge advocates in matters relating to the administration of military justice; and the staff judge advocate of any command is entitled to communicate directly with the staff judge advocate of a superior or subordinate command, or with the judge advocate general.
(d) No person who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer, or who has been a witness for either the prosecution or defense, in any case, may later act as staff judge advocate to any reviewing authority upon the same case.