{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-27-164","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-164","heading":"Commanding officer may convene special courts-martial.","body":"(a) In the state military forces not in federal service, the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where troops are on duty, or of a brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, separate squadron, or other detached command, may convene special courts-martial. Special courts-martial may also be convened by superior authority. If any such officer is an accuser, the court shall be convened by superior competent authority.\n(b) No special court-martial shall try a commissioned officer.","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_27-164","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":"2e436ba3f6bf27d85623e0d1249789a56fec3d0f93bb707fd076b29290994f2e","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-27-163","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-27-165"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}