Section 20-12-25 - Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer. - New Mexico Statutes

20-12-25. Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who strikes his superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against him while he is in the execution of his office or willfully disobeys a lawful command of his superior commissioned officer shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, and if the offense is committed at any other time, by punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.