Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 13A-105
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- 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:
(1) (i) certified or designated as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the Army, Air Force, Navy, or the Marine Corps or designated as a law specialist as an officer of the Coast Guard, or a reserve component of one of these; or
(ii) certified as a non-federally recognized judge advocate, under regulations adopted pursuant to this provision, by the senior judge advocate of the commander of the force in the state military forces of which the accused is a member, as competent to perform such military justice duties required by this code; or
(2) if no judge advocate certified under item (1) of this subsection is available, certified by a senior judge advocate of the commander of another force in the state military forces, as the convening authority directs. See - Military judge: means an official of a general or special court-martial detailed in accordance with § 13A-505 of this title. See
- Officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See - 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 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 in supervision of the administration of military justice in that force.
(b) (1) Convening authorities shall at all times communicate directly with their judge advocates in matters relating to the administration of military justice.
(2) The judge advocate of a command is entitled to communicate directly with the judge advocate of a superior or subordinate command, or with the State Judge Advocate.
(c) A person who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, defense counsel, or investigating officer, or who has been a witness in a case may not later act as a judge advocate to a reviewing authority on the same case.