Ohio § 5924.37

§ 5924.37.

(A) No authority convening a general, special, or summary court-martial, other commanding

officer, or officer serving on the staff of a convening authority or other commanding

officer may censure, reprimand, or admonish the court or any member, military judge,

or counsel of the court, with respect to the findings or sentence adjudged by the

court or with respect to any other exercise of its or the member's, military judge's,

or counsel's functions in the conduct of the proceeding.  No person subject to this code may attempt to coerce or, by any unauthorized means,

influence the action of the court-martial or any other military tribunal or any member

of the court-martial or military tribunal in reaching the findings or sentence in

any case, or the action of any convening, approving, or reviewing authority with respect

to the authority's judicial acts.  This division does not apply to: (1) General instructional or informational courses in military justice, if such courses

are designed solely for the purpose of instructing members of a command in the substantive

and procedural aspects of courts-martial; (2) Statements and instructions given in open court by the military judge, the president

of a special court-martial, or counsel. (B) In the preparation of a fitness, evaluation, or performance report, or any other

report or document used in whole or in part for the purpose of determining whether

a member of the organized militia is qualified to be advanced in grade, in determining

the assignment or transfer of a member of the organized militia, or in determining

whether a member of the organized militia should be retained on duty, no person subject

to this code may do either of the following: (1) Consider or evaluate the performance of duty of the member as a member of a court-martial; (2) Give a less favorable rating or evaluation of any member of the organized militia

because of the zeal with which the member, as counsel, represented any accused before

a court-martial.