{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-26.05.470","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 26.05.470","heading":"Military judge of a general or special court-martial.","body":"(a) A senior force judge advocate who is in the same force as the accused, or a designee, shall detail a military judge to a general and special court-martial. The military judge shall preside over an open session of the court-martial to which the military judge has been detailed.\n(b) A military judge must be\n(1) an active or retired commissioned officer of the militia of a state or of an active or reserve component of the armed forces or another uniformed service of the United States;\n(2) licensed to practice law in a state or a member of the bar of a federal court for at least five years;\n(3) certified as qualified for duty as a military judge by a senior force judge advocate who is in the same force as the accused.\n(c) The convening authority or a staff member of the convening authority may not prepare or review a report concerning the effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency of the military judge detailed to the case that relates to performance of duty as a military judge.\n(d) A person may not act as military judge in a case if that person is the accuser or a witness or has acted as investigating officer or counsel in the same case.\n(e) The military judge of a court-martial may not consult with the members of the court except in the presence of the accused, trial counsel, and defense counsel, or vote with the members of the court-martial.","path":["Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace.","Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice.","Article 2. Military Justice."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#26.05.470","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:01Z","sha256":"7f834ef1601ee2fa28d262c1ee469a3444bb497793be66f8f82bb149905df753","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-26.05.465","next":"us-ak/as-26.05.475"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}