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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-194: Two-thirds vote required for conviction and sentence. Majority vote for other questions. Tie vote.

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  1. TITLE 27. ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS
  2. CHAPTER 507. CONNECTICUT CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

(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.

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