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CT Gen Stat § 27-184 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-184 - Oaths.

 (a) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, members of general and special courts-martial, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant or associate defense counsel, reporters, and interpreters shall take an oath to perform their duties faithfully. The form of the oath shall be as set forth in section 1-25. The Adjutant General shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 prescribing the time and place of the taking of the oath, the manner of recording the same, and whether the oath shall be taken for all cases in which those duties are to be performed or for a particular case. These regulations may provide that an oath to perform faithfully duties as a military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, or assistant or associate defense counsel may be taken at any time by any judge advocate or other person certified to be qualified or competent for the duty, and if such an oath is taken it need not be taken again at the time the judge advocate, or other person is detailed to that duty.(b) Each witness before a military court shall be examined on oath or affirmation.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 44; P.A. 77-295, S. 6; P.A. 89-221, S. 12.)History: P.A. 77-295 substituted in Subsec. (a) “military judge” for “law officer”; P.A. 89-221 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to an “affirmation” and requirement that the oath be taken “in the presence of the accused” and to add provisions requiring the specified personnel to take an oath “before performing their respective duties”, requiring an associate defense counsel to take an oath, specifying the form of the oath, requiring the adjutant general to adopt regulations and authorizing the regulations to contain a provision that once an oath is taken by certain personnel it need not be taken again.
CT Gen Stat § 27-185 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-185 - Statute of limitations.

 (a) A person charged with desertion or absence without leave in time of war, or with aiding the enemy or with mutiny may be tried and punished at any time without limitation.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with desertion in time of peace or with the offense punishable under section 27-256 is not liable to be tried by court-martial if the offense was committed more than three years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command.(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with any offense is not liable to be tried by court-martial or punished under section 27-154 if the offense was committed more than two years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command or before the imposition of punishment under said section.(d) Periods in which the accused was absent from territory in which the state has the authority to apprehend him, or in the custody of civil authorities, or in the hands of the enemy, shall be excluded in computing the period of limitation prescribed in this section.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 45.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-186 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-186 - Second trial for same offense prohibited.

 (a) No person shall, without his consent, be tried a second time in any military court of the state for the same offense.(b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial in the sense of this section until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.(c) A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidence but before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused is a trial in the sense of this section.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 46.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-187 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-187 - Pleading by accused.

 If an accused arraigned before a court-martial makes an irregular pleading, or after a plea of guilty sets up matter inconsistent with the plea, or if it appears that he has entered the plea of guilty improvidently or through lack of understanding of its meaning and effect, or if he fails or refuses to plead, a plea of not guilty shall be entered in the record, and the court shall proceed as though he had pleaded not guilty.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 47; P.A. 77-295, S. 8; P.A. 89-221, S. 13.)History: P.A. 77-295 added new Subsecs. (b) and (c) providing for the military judge to hear and dispose of preliminary matters without the presence of the court but in presence of accused, defense and trial counsel and for deliberations and vote of court to be with only members present with all other proceedings recorded and in the presence of the counsels, accused and military judge; P.A. 89-221 deleted Subsecs. (b) and (c) and reenacted them as Subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively, of Sec. 27-181.
CT Gen Stat § 27-188 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-188 - Obtaining of witnesses and evidence.

 (a) The trial counsel, the defense counsel and the court-martial shall have equal opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence in accordance with such regulations as the Governor may prescribe.(b) The military judge, president of a court-martial, if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed, or a summary court officer may: (1) Issue a warrant for the arrest of any accused person who, having been served with a warrant and a copy of the charges, disobeys a written order by the convening authority to appear before the court; (2) issue subpoenas duces tecum and other subpoenas; (3) enforce by attachment the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers; and (4) sentence for refusal to be sworn or to answer, as provided in actions before civil courts of the state.(c) Process issued in court-martial cases to compel witnesses to appear and testify and to compel the production of other evidence shall run to any part of the state and shall be executed by civil officers as prescribed by the laws of the state.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 48; P.A. 89-221, S. 14.)History: P.A. 89-221 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize the “military judge” and the president of a court-martial “if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed” to take the enumerated actions.
CT Gen Stat § 27-189 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-189 - Refusal of witness to appear. Witness fees.

 (a) Any person not subject to this code who: (1) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a military court or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court; (2) has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the civil courts of the state; and (3) refuses to appear and testify or refuses to produce any evidence which that person has been duly subpoenaed to produce, may be, by warrant signed by the military judge, by the president of the court-martial, if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed, or by the summary court officer and directed to a state marshal or any constable of the town in which such witness resides, committed to a community correctional center, there to be held at his own expense until discharged by due course of law.(b) The fees of all witnesses so summoned and of the state marshals, constables or indifferent persons serving such subpoenas shall be the same as provided for in civil actions in the state, and shall be taxed by the president of the court-martial or by the summary court officer.(c) Such fee when so taxed shall be paid by the State Comptroller to those entitled thereto, upon vouchers prepared by the trial officer or summary court officer and approved by the military judge, by the president of such court-martial, if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed, or, in the case of such summary court officer, by his next higher commander.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 49; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 89-221, S. 15; P.A. 90-230, S. 38, 101; P.A. 00-99, S. 71, 154; P.A. 04-257, S. 96.)History: 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers; P.A. 89-221 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the “military judge” and the president of the court-martial “if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed” to sign a warrant committing a person to a community correctional center and amended Subsec. (c) to authorize the “military judge” and the president of the court-martial “if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed” to approve vouchers; P.A. 90-230 made technical corrections in Subsecs. (a) and (c); P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff of the county and deputy sheriff with state marshal in Subsec. (a), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2004.See Sec. 52-260 re witness fees for witnesses attending civil courts.See Sec. 52-261 re fees and expenses of officers and persons serving process for civil actions.
CT Gen Stat § 27-190 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-190 - Contempt.

 A military court may punish for contempt any person who uses any menacing word, sign or gesture in its presence, or who disturbs its proceedings by any riot or disorder. The punishment may not exceed confinement for thirty days or a fine of one hundred dollars, or both.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 50.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-191 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-191 - Depositions.

 (a) At any time after charges have been signed, as provided in section 27-171, any party may take oral or written depositions unless an authority competent to convene a court-martial for the trial of those charges forbids it for good cause. If a deposition is to be taken before charges are referred for trial, such authority may designate commissioned officers to represent the prosecution and the defense and may authorize those officers to take the deposition of any witness.(b) A party at whose instance a deposition is to be taken shall give to every other party reasonable written notice of the time and place for taking the deposition.(c) Depositions may be taken before and authenticated by any military or civil officer authorized by the laws of the state or by the laws of the place where the deposition is taken to administer oaths.(d) A duly authenticated deposition taken upon reasonable notice to the other parties, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be read in evidence before any court-martial or in any proceeding before a court of inquiry, if it appears: (1) That the witness resides or is beyond the state in which the courts-martial or court of inquiry is ordered to sit, or beyond the distance of one hundred miles from the place of trial or hearing; (2) that the witness by reason of death, age, sickness, bodily infirmity, imprisonment, military necessity, nonamenability to process, or other reasonable cause, is unable to or refuses to appear and testify in person at the place of trial or hearing; or (3) that the present whereabouts of the witness is unknown.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 51.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-192 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-192 - Sworn testimony in record of court of inquiry admissible, when.

 (a) In any case not extending to the dismissal of a commissioned officer the sworn testimony, contained in the duly authenticated record of proceedings of a court of inquiry, of a person whose oral testimony cannot be obtained, may, if otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, be read in evidence by any party before a court-martial if the accused was a party before the court of inquiry and if the same issue was involved or if the accused consents to the introduction of such evidence, and if the accused was physically present when the testimony was taken.(b) Such testimony may be read in evidence only by the defense in cases extending to the dismissal of a commissioned officer.(c) Such testimony may also be read in evidence before a court of inquiry or a military board.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 52.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-194 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-194 - Two-thirds vote required for conviction and sentence. Majority vote for other questions. Tie vote.

 (a) No person may be convicted of an offense, except by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at the time the vote is taken.(b) All sentences shall be determined by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at the time that the vote is taken.(c) All other questions to be decided by the members of a general or special court-martial shall be determined by a majority vote. A tie vote on a motion for a finding of not guilty or a motion relating to the question of the accused's sanity is a determination against the accused. A tie vote on any other question is a determination in favor of the accused.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 54.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-195 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-195 - Announcement of findings and sentence.

 A court-martial shall announce its findings and sentence to the parties as soon as determined.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 55.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-196 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-196 - Record of proceedings. Authentication. Copy to accused.

 (a) Each court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings of the trial of each case brought before it and the record shall be authenticated by the signature of the president and the military judge. If the record cannot be authenticated by either the president or the military judge, by reason of his death, disability, or absence, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of him. If both the president and the military judge are unavailable, the record shall be authenticated by two members. A record of the proceedings of a trial in which the sentence adjudged includes a bad-conduct discharge or is more than that which could be adjudged by a special court-martial shall contain a verbatim account of the proceedings and testimony before the court. All other records of trial shall contain such matter and be authenticated in such manner as the Governor may by regulation prescribe.(b) A copy of the record of the proceedings of each general and special court-martial shall be given to the accused as soon as it is authenticated. If a verbatim record of trial by general court-martial is not required by subsection (a) of this section, but has been made, the accused may buy such record under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 56; P.A. 77-295, S. 9; P.A. 07-217, S. 127.)History: P.A. 77-295 substituted “military judge” for “law officer” where appearing; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 27-197 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-197 - Cruel punishments prohibited.

 Punishment by flogging, or by branding, marking or tattooing on the body, or any other cruel or unusual punishment, shall not be adjudged by any court-martial or inflicted upon any person subject to this code. The use of irons, single or double, except for the purpose of safe custody, is prohibited.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 57.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-198 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-198 - Governor to prescribe table of maximum punishments.

 The punishment which a court-martial may direct for an offense may not exceed limits prescribed by such regulations as the Governor shall prescribe in a table of maximum punishments.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 58.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-199 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-199 - Forfeiture of pay and allowances. Running of period of confinement.

 (a) Whenever a sentence of a court-martial as lawfully adjudged and approved includes a forfeiture of pay or allowances in addition to confinement not suspended, the forfeiture may apply to pay or allowances becoming due on or after the date the sentence is approved by the convening authority. No forfeiture shall extend to any pay or allowances accrued before that date.(b) Any period of confinement included in a sentence of a court-martial shall begin to run from the date the sentence is adjudged by the court-martial but periods during which the sentence to confinement is suspended shall be excluded in computing the service of the term of confinement. Regulations prescribed by the Governor may provide that sentences of confinement shall not be executed until approved by designated officers.(c) All other sentences of courts-martial are effective on the date ordered executed.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 59.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-200 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-200 - Place of confinement. Hard labor.

 (a) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a military court, whether or not the sentence includes discharge or dismissal, and whether or not the discharge or dismissal has been executed, may be carried into execution by confinement in any place of confinement under the control of any of the forces of the state military forces or in any jail, penitentiary, or prison designated for that purpose. Persons so confined in a jail, penitentiary, or prison are subject to the same discipline and treatment as persons confined or committed to the jail, penitentiary, or prison by the courts of the state.(b) The omission of the words “hard labor” from any sentence or punishment of a court-martial adjudging confinement does not deprive the authority executing that sentence or punishment of the power to require hard labor as a part of the punishment.(c) The keepers, officers, and wardens of community correctional centers and of other jails, penitentiaries, or prisons designated by the Governor, or by such person as he may authorize to act under section 27-150, shall receive persons ordered into confinement before trial and persons committed to confinement by a military court and shall confine them according to law. No such keeper, officer, or warden may require payment of any fee or charge for so receiving or confining a person.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 60; 1969, P.A. 297.)History: 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers.
CT Gen Stat § 27-201 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-201 - Authority of convening authority over execution of sentence.

 Except as provided in sections 27-161 and 27-207, a court-martial sentence, unless suspended, may be ordered executed by the convening authority when approved by him. He shall approve the sentence or such part, amount, or commuted form of the sentence as he sees fit, and may suspend the execution of the sentence as approved by him.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 61.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-202 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-202 - Record forwarded to convening authority. Action thereon.

 After a trial by court-martial the record shall be forwarded to the convening authority, as reviewing authority, and action thereon may be taken by the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, a successor in command or the Governor.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 62.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-203 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-203 - Record of general court-martial referred to staff judge advocate.

 The convening authority shall refer the record of each general court-martial to the staff judge advocate, who shall submit his written opinion thereon to the convening authority. If the final action of the court has resulted in an acquittal of all charges and specifications, the opinion shall be limited to questions of jurisdiction.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 63.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-204 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-204 - Return of record to court for reconsideration or correction of error.

 (a) If a specification before a court-martial has been dismissed on motion and the ruling does not amount to a finding of not guilty, the convening authority may return the record to the court for reconsideration of the ruling and any further appropriate action.(b) Where there is an apparent error or omission in the record or where the record shows improper or inconsistent action by a court-martial with respect to a finding or sentence which can be rectified without material prejudice to the substantial rights of the accused, the convening authority may return the record to the court for appropriate action. In no case, however, shall the record be returned: (1) For reconsideration of a finding of not guilty, or a ruling which amounts to a finding of not guilty; (2) for reconsideration of a finding of not guilty of any charge, unless the record shows a finding of guilty under a specification laid under that charge, which sufficiently alleges a violation of some section of this code, or (3) for increasing the severity of the sentence unless the sentence prescribed for the offense is mandatory.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 64.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-205 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice|Section 27-205 - Convening authority may order rehearing.

 (a) If the convening authority disapproves the findings and sentence of a court-martial he may, except where there is lack of sufficient evidence in the record to support the findings, order a rehearing. In such a case he shall state the reasons for disapproval. If he disapproves the findings and sentence and does not order a rehearing, he shall dismiss the charges.(b) Each rehearing shall take place before a court-martial composed of members not members of the court-martial which first heard the case. Upon a rehearing the accused may not be tried for any offense of which he was found not guilty by the first court-martial, and no sentence in excess or more severe than the original sentence shall be imposed, unless the sentence is based upon a finding of guilty of an offense not considered upon the merits in the original proceedings, or unless the sentence prescribed for the offense is mandatory.(1967, P.A. 717, S. 65.)