Sec. 27-209. Rights of accused before reviewing authority.
               	 		
      Sec. 27-209. Rights of accused before reviewing authority. (a) Upon the final 
review of a sentence of a general court-martial or a sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, 
the accused has the right to be represented by counsel before the reviewing authority, 
before the staff judge advocate or legal officer, as the case may be, and before the State 
Judge Advocate.
      (b) Upon the request of an accused entitled to be so represented, the State Judge 
Advocate shall appoint a lawyer who is a member of the state military forces and who 
has the qualifications prescribed in section 27-168, if available, to represent the accused 
before the reviewing authority, before the staff judge advocate or legal officer, as the 
case may be, and before the State Judge Advocate, in the review of cases specified in 
subsection (a) of this section.
      (c) If provided by him, an accused entitled to be so represented may be represented 
by civilian counsel before the reviewing authority, before the staff judge advocate or 
legal officer, as the case may be, and before the State Judge Advocate.
      (1967, P.A. 717, S. 69.)