Duties of Counsel. Article 38, UCMJ; RCM 502(d)(5)-(6); RCM 1103(b)(1)
RCM 502(d)(5), discussion, para. (F), addresses the trial counsel’s (TC’s) post-trial duties
RCM 502(d)(6), discussion, para. (E) addresses the defense counsel’s (DC’s) post-trial duties.
Effectiveness of counsel in the post-trial area is governed by Strickland v. Washington, 466
U.S. 668 (1984), and United States v. Lewis, 42 M.J. 1 (C.A.A.F. 1995)