58-1-616 - Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.

58-1-616. Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.

Any member of the national guard who:

     (1)  Strikes the guard member's superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against that officer while in the execution of the officer's duty; or

     (2)  Willfully disobeys a lawful command of the guard member's superior commissioned officer;

is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1970, ch. 596, § 60; T.C.A., § 7-316; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]