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2019 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.
Universal Citation: CT Gen Stat § 27-194 (2019)
(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.)
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