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29B.35 - ADVICE OF STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE AND REFERENCE FOR TRIAL.

        29B.35  ADVICE OF STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE AND REFERENCE
      FOR TRIAL.
         Before directing the trial of any charge by general court-martial,
      the convening authority shall refer the charge to the appropriate
      staff judge advocate of the state force concerned for consideration
      and advice.  The convening authority may not refer a charge to a
      general court-martial for trial unless the authority has found that
      the charge alleges an offense under this code and is warranted by
      evidence indicated in the report of the investigation.
         If the charges or specifications are not formally correct or do
      not conform to the substance of the evidence contained in the report
      of the investigating officer, formal corrections, and such changes in
      the charges and specifications as are needed to make them conform to
      the evidence may be made.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 29B.35]
         Section History: Recent Form
         2002 Acts, ch 1117, §46, 52