58-1-621 - Misbehavior on active duty. - Tennessee Statutes

58-1-621. Misbehavior on active duty.

Any member of the national guard who, while on active state duty:

     (1)  Runs away;

     (2)  Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is the guard member's duty to defend;

     (3)  Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place or military property;

     (4)  Casts away arms or ammunition;

     (5)  Is guilty of cowardly conduct;

     (6)  Quits the guard member's place of duty to plunder or pillage; or

     (7)  Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard;

is guilty of a Class E felony.

[Acts 1970, ch. 596, § 65, T.C.A., § 7-321; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 69.]