§ 12-64-410 - Trial and defense counsel. - Arkansas Statutes

12-64-410. Trial and defense counsel.

(a) For each general and special court-martial, the authority convening the court shall detail trial counsel and defense counsel and such assistance as he considers appropriate.

(b) (1) No person who has acted as investigating officer, military judge, or court member in any case may later act as trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, or, unless expressly requested by the accused, as defense counsel or assistant defense counsel in the same case.

(2) No person who has acted for the prosecution may act later in the same case for the defense, nor may any person who has acted for the defense act later in the same case for the prosecution.

(c) Trial counsel or defense counsel detailed for a general court-martial:

(1) Must be a person who is a member of the bar of the highest court of a state or a member of the bar of a federal court; and

(2) Must be certified as competent to perform such duties by the State Judge Advocate.

(d) In the case of a special court-martial:

(1) If the trial counsel is qualified to act as counsel before a general court-martial, the defense counsel detailed by the convening authority must be a person similarly qualified; and

(2) If the trial counsel is a member of the bar of the highest court of a state, the defense counsel detailed by the convening authority must be likewise qualified.