Okla. Stat. tit. 44, § 44-826A
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Military magistrates
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ARTICLE 26A. Military magistrates.
A. Qualifications. A military magistrate:
1. Shall be a member of the bar of a federal court or a member
of the bar of the highest court of a state and may be a commissioned
officer of the state military forces; and
2. Shall be certified to be qualified, by reason of education,
training, experience and judicial temperament, for duty as a
military magistrate by the State Judge Advocate.
B. Limitations.
1. Neither the State Judge Advocate nor a senior force
component judge advocate shall be detailed or appointed as a
military magistrate.
2. When performing the duties provided for in subsection C of
Section 17 of this act (Article 30A, subsection C), no person shall
be eligible to act as a military magistrate in a case where such
person serves as an Assistant Attorney General, district attorney,
assistant district attorney or municipal prosecutor who could
determine or participate in the determination of whether to
prosecute a nonmilitary offense when the act or omission in question
could have violated both the Oklahoma Uniform Code of Military
Justice and state or local criminal laws.
3. When performing the duties provided for in subsection C of
this section, no person shall be eligible to act as a military
magistrate in a case where such person served as an Assistant
Attorney General, district attorney, assistant district attorney or
municipal prosecutor who determined or participated in the
determination of whether to prosecute a nonmilitary offense when the
act or omission in question could have violated both the Oklahoma
Uniform Code of Military Justice and state or local criminal laws.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 44. Militia Page 87
4. Neither the convening authority nor any member of the staff
of the convening authority shall prepare or review any report
concerning the effectiveness, fitness or efficiency of a military
magistrate so detailed or retained which relates to the military
magistrate's performance of duty as a military magistrate.
5. A person shall not act as a military magistrate in any case
that he or she is the accuser, a witness or has acted as counsel in
the same case.
C. Appellate remand. A military magistrate may be detailed or
retained pursuant to this section for purposes of conducting an
appellate proceeding on behalf of the Military Court of Appeals
ordered pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection J of Section 866 of
Title 44 of the Oklahoma Statutes (Article 66, subsection J,
paragraph 3).
D. Duties. In accordance with regulations promulgated by the
Adjutant General, in addition to duties when detailed under Section
17 of this act (Article 30A), a military magistrate, who is also a
commissioned officer of the state military forces, may be assigned
to perform other duties of a nonjudicial nature.
E. The compensation of a military magistrate retained pursuant
to this section who is not a member of the Oklahoma National Guard
shall be established pursuant to regulations promulgated by the
Adjutant General. Such regulations may allow for payment of actual
and necessary expenses.
A. Qualifications. A military magistrate:
1. Shall be a member of the bar of a federal court or a member
of the bar of the highest court of a state and may be a commissioned
officer of the state military forces; and
2. Shall be certified to be qualified, by reason of education,
training, experience and judicial temperament, for duty as a
military magistrate by the State Judge Advocate.
B. Limitations.
1. Neither the State Judge Advocate nor a senior force
component judge advocate shall be detailed or appointed as a
military magistrate.
2. When performing the duties provided for in subsection C of
Section 17 of this act (Article 30A, subsection C), no person shall
be eligible to act as a military magistrate in a case where such
person serves as an Assistant Attorney General, district attorney,
assistant district attorney or municipal prosecutor who could
determine or participate in the determination of whether to
prosecute a nonmilitary offense when the act or omission in question
could have violated both the Oklahoma Uniform Code of Military
Justice and state or local criminal laws.
3. When performing the duties provided for in subsection C of
this section, no person shall be eligible to act as a military
magistrate in a case where such person served as an Assistant
Attorney General, district attorney, assistant district attorney or
municipal prosecutor who determined or participated in the
determination of whether to prosecute a nonmilitary offense when the
act or omission in question could have violated both the Oklahoma
Uniform Code of Military Justice and state or local criminal laws.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 44. Militia Page 87
4. Neither the convening authority nor any member of the staff
of the convening authority shall prepare or review any report
concerning the effectiveness, fitness or efficiency of a military
magistrate so detailed or retained which relates to the military
magistrate's performance of duty as a military magistrate.
5. A person shall not act as a military magistrate in any case
that he or she is the accuser, a witness or has acted as counsel in
the same case.
C. Appellate remand. A military magistrate may be detailed or
retained pursuant to this section for purposes of conducting an
appellate proceeding on behalf of the Military Court of Appeals
ordered pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection J of Section 866 of
Title 44 of the Oklahoma Statutes (Article 66, subsection J,
paragraph 3).
D. Duties. In accordance with regulations promulgated by the
Adjutant General, in addition to duties when detailed under Section
17 of this act (Article 30A), a military magistrate, who is also a
commissioned officer of the state military forces, may be assigned
to perform other duties of a nonjudicial nature.
E. The compensation of a military magistrate retained pursuant
to this section who is not a member of the Oklahoma National Guard
shall be established pursuant to regulations promulgated by the
Adjutant General. Such regulations may allow for payment of actual
and necessary expenses.
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