West Virginia Code 15-1E-90 – Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer
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Any person subject to this article who:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 15-1E-90
- Offense: includes every act or omission for which a fine, forfeiture, or punishment is imposed by law. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See West Virginia Code 15-1E-1
- superior commissioned officer: means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command. See West Virginia Code 15-1E-1
(1) Strikes his or her superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against him or her while he or she is in the execution of his or her office; or
(2) Willfully disobeys a lawful command of his or her superior commissioned officer;
(3) Shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by confinement of not more than ten years or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, and if the offense is committed at any other time, by such punishment as a court-martial may direct.