[§124A-63]  Duties of trial counsel anddefense counsel.  (a)  The trial counsel of a general or specialcourt-martial shall prosecute in the name of the State, and shall, under thedirection of the court, prepare the record of the proceedings.

(b)  The accused has the right to berepresented in the accused's defense before a general or special court-martialby civilian counsel if provided by the accused, or by military counsel of theaccused's own selection if reasonably available, or by the defense counseldetailed under section 124A-46.  Should the accused have counsel of theaccused's own selection, the defense counsel, and assistant defense counsel, ifany, who were detailed, shall, if the accused so desires, act as the accused'sassociate counsel; otherwise they shall be excused by the president of thecourt.

(c)  In every court-martial proceeding, thedefense counsel may, in the event of conviction, forward for attachment to therecord of proceedings a brief of such matters the defense counsel feels shouldbe considered in behalf of the accused on review, including any objection tothe contents of the record which the defense counsel considers appropriate.

(d)  An assistant trial counsel of a generalcourt-martial may, under the direction of the trial counsel or when theassistant trial counsel is qualified to be a trial counsel as required bysection 124A-46, perform any duty imposed by law, rule, or the custom of theservice upon the trial counsel of the court.  An assistant trial counsel of aspecial court-martial may perform any duty of the trial counsel.

(e)  An assistant defense counsel of a generalor special court-martial may, under the direction of the defense counsel orwhen the assistant defense counsel is qualified to be the defense counsel asrequired by section 124A-46, perform any duty imposed by law, rule, or thecustom of the service upon counsel for the accused. [L 1982, c 171, pt of §2;gen ch 1985]