N.Y. Military Law § 130.37: Unlawfully influencing action of court

§ 130.37. Unlawfully influencing action of court. (a) No authority

convening a general, special, or summary court-martial, nor any other

commanding officer, shall censure, reprimand, or admonish such court or

any member, military judge, 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 functions in the conduct of the proceeding. No

person subject to this code shall attempt to coerce or, by any

unauthorized means, influence the action of a court-martial or any other

military tribunal or any member thereof, in reaching the findings or

sentence in any case, or the action of any convening, approving, or

reviewing authority with respect to his judicial acts. The foregoing

provisions of the subdivision shall not apply with respect to (1)

general instructional or informational courses in military justice if

such courses are designed solely for the purpose of instructing members

of a command in the substantive and procedural aspects of

courts-martial, or (2) to statements and instructions given in open

court by the military judge, president of a special court-martial, or

counsel.

(b) In the preparation of an effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency

report or any other report or document used in whole or in part for the

purpose of determining whether a member is qualified to be advanced, in

grade, or in determining the assignment or transfer of a member or in

determining whether a member should be retained on any type of duty or

status, no person subject to this chapter may, in preparing any such

report (1) consider or evaluate the performance of duty of any such

member as a member of a court-martial, or (2) give a less favorable

rating or evaluation of any member because of the zeal with which such

member, as counsel, represented any accused before a court-martial.