New York Laws
Part 5 - Appointment and Composition of Courts-Martial
130.27 - Appointment of Trial Counsel and Defense Counsel.

(b) Any person who is appointed as trial counsel or defense counsel in
the case of a general court-martial shall be a person who is a member of
the bar of this state.
(c) In the case of a special court-martial--
(1) if the trial counsel is qualified to act as counsel before a
general court-martial, the defense counsel appointed by the convening
authority shall be a person similarly qualified; and
(2) if the trial counsel is a judge advocate, or a legal officer, or a
member of the bar of a federal court or of the highest court of a state
of the United States, the defense counsel appointed by the convening
authority shall be one of the foregoing.

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