{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-27-205","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-205","heading":"Convening authority may order rehearing.","body":"(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.\n(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.","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_27-205","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":"dc791ec5081820fc8a32b8106663451edbfcf154e7845ae6bbc5aab099e2e9f3","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-27-204","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-27-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}