Section 27-159 - Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial(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.(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.(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.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-159