{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-27-159","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-159","heading":"Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.","body":"(a) Subject to section 27-156, summary courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code.\n(b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction shall be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if he objects thereto, unless under section 27-154 he has been permitted and has elected to refuse punishment under that section. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused who has not been permitted to refuse punishment under said section, trial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be appropriate.\n(c) A summary court-martial may sentence to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for a single offense, to forfeiture of pay and allowances of not more than twenty-five dollars, and to reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade.","path":["TITLE 27. ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS","CHAPTER 507. CONNECTICUT CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_507.htm#sec_27-159","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:08Z","sha256":"306ba1974786ac166d9ae0f704ee709866402fda045ea6efc2345bfdfdd3be5d","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-27-158","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-27-160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}