29B.38 - UNLAWFULLY INFLUENCING ACTION OF COURT.
29B.38 UNLAWFULLY INFLUENCING ACTION OF COURT.
1. The authority convening a general, special, or summary
court-martial or any other commanding officer, or officer serving on
the staff of the authority, shall not censure, reprimand, or admonish
the court or any member, military judge, or counsel of the court,
with respect to the findings or sentence adjudged by the court, or
with respect to any other exercise of its or the court or military
judge or counsel's functions in the conduct of the proceeding. A
person subject to this code shall not attempt to coerce or, by any
unauthorized means, influence the action of the 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 the authority's
judicial acts. Any violation of this section shall be punished as a
court-martial may direct.
2. In the preparation of an effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency
report or any other report or document used to determine whether a
member of the state military force is qualified to be advanced in
grade, reassigned, transferred, or retained on active duty, a person
shall not do either of the following:
a. Consider or evaluate the performance of duty of the member
as a member of a court-martial or military judge.
b. Give a less favorable rating or evaluation of a member of
the state military forces because of the zeal with which the member,
as counsel, represented an accused before a court-martial. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 29B.38; 82 Acts, ch 1042, § 21]