- 1. The military judge and members of a general or special court-martial may be challenged by the accused or the trial counsel for cause stated to the court. The military judge or the court in the absence of a military judge shall determine the relevancy and validity of challenges for cause, and shall not receive a challenge to more than one person at a time. Challenges by the trial counsel shall ordinarily be presented and decided before those by the accused are offered.
- 2. Each accused and the trial counsel is entitled to one peremptory challenge, but the military judge shall not be challenged except for cause.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.42; 82 Acts, ch 1042, §25] 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104