Connecticut § 27-180 - Court-martial. Prosecution. Trial counsel. Defense counsel. Assistant counsel.

§ 27-180. Court-martial. Prosecution. Trial counsel. Defense counsel. Assistant counsel.

Sec. 27-180. Court-martial. Prosecution. Trial counsel. Defense counsel. Assistant counsel. (a) The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial shall prosecute in the name of the state, and shall, under the direction of the court, prepare the record of the proceedings.

(b) The accused has the right to be represented in his defense before a general or special court-martial by civilian counsel if provided by him, or by military counsel of his own selection if reasonably available, or by the defense counsel detailed under section 27-168. Should the accused have counsel of his own selection, the defense counsel, and assistant defense counsel, if any, who were detailed, shall, if the accused so desires, act as his associate counsel; otherwise they shall be excused at the request of the accused.

(c) In every court-martial proceeding, the defense counsel may, in the event of conviction, forward for attachment to the record of proceedings a brief of such matters as such defense counsel feels should be considered on behalf of the accused on review, including any objection to the contents of the record which such defense counsel considers appropriate.

(d) An assistant trial counsel of a general court-martial may, under the direction of the trial counsel or when he is qualified to be a trial counsel as required by section 27-168, perform any duty imposed by law, regulation, or the custom of the service upon the trial counsel of the court. An assistant trial counsel of a special court-martial may perform any duty of the trial counsel.

(e) An assistant defense counsel of a general or special court-martial may, under the direction of the defense counsel or when he is qualified to be the defense counsel as required by section 27-168, perform any duty imposed by law, regulation, or the custom of the service upon counsel for the accused.

(1967, P.A. 717, S. 40; P.A. 89-221, S. 10; P.A. 10-32, S. 97.)

History: P.A. 89-221 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that detailed defense counsel and assistant defense counsel shall be excused “at the request of the accused” rather than “by the president of the court”; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective May 10, 2010.