<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 33-10-77 - Qualifications of military judge. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055568Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2055568SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055568CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055568Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2055568DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055568Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2055568000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055568SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055568SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2055568Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=33-10-77"><span class="s2055568SENU">33-10-77</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055568SENU">. </span><span class="s2055568CL">Qualifications of military judge.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055568Normal-000000"><span class="s2055568DefaultParagraphFont">A military judge shall be:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055568Normal-000001"><span class="s2055568DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    An active or retired commissioned officer of an organized state or federal military force;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055568Normal-000001"><span class="s2055568DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a state or a member of the bar of a federal court for at least five years; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055568Normal-000001"><span class="s2055568DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Certified as qualified for duty as a military judge by the senior force judge advocate which is the same force as the accused.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055568Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055568000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055568Normal"><span class="s2055568SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055568SCL-000003"> SL 2012, ch 175, § 58.</span></p></div></body></html>