article. The offense of wrongfully and dishonorably
failing to maintain sufficient funds for payment of
checks upon presentment is a violation.
Art. 124. Maiming
Any person subject to this chapter who,
with intent to injure, disfigure, or disable, inflicts
upon the person of another an injury which
(1) seriously disfigures his person by a
mutilation thereof;
(2) destroys or disables any member or
organ of his body; or
(3) seriously diminishes his physical
vigor by the injury of any member or organ;
is guilty of maiming and shall be punished as a
court-martial may direct.
Maiming includes putting out a persons eye;
cutting off a persons hand, foot, or finger; or knocking
out a persons front teeth, as these injuries destroy or
disable those members or organs. Maiming also
includes cutting off a persons ear or scaring a persons
face, as these injuries seriously disfigure the person.
Injuring an internal organ so as to seriously diminish the
physical vigor of a person is also considered maiming.
Art. 125. Sodomy
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who
engages in unnatural carnal copulation with
another person of the same or opposite sex or
with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration,
however slight, is sufficient to complete the
offense.
(b) Any person found guilty of sodomy
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Art. 126. Arson
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who
willfully and maliciously burns or sets on fire
an inhabited dwelling, or any other structure,
movable or immovable, wherein to the
knowledge of the offender there is at the time a
human being, is guilty of aggravated arson and
shall be punished as court-martial may direct.
(b) Any person subject to this chapter who
willfully and maliciously burns or sets fire to
the property of another, except as provided in
subsection (a), is guilty of simple arson and
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
In aggravated arson, danger to human life is the
essential element; in simple arson, it is injury to the
property of another. In either case, the fact that no one is
injured is immaterial.
Art. 127. Extortion
Any person subject to this chapter who
communicates threats to another person with
the intention thereby to obtain anything of
value or any acquaintance, advantage, or
immunity is guilty of extortion and shall be
punished as a court-martial may direct.
A threat may be communicated by word of mouth
or in writing, the essential element of the offense being
the knowledge of the threat to the victim. An
acquittance is, in general terms, a release or discharge
from an obligation.
Art. 128. Assault
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who
attempts or offers with unlawful force or
violence to do bodily harm to another person,
whether or not the attempt or offer is
consummated, is guilty of assault and shall be
punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) Any person subject to this chapter
who
(1) commits an assault with a
dangerous weapon or other means of force
likely to produce death or grievous bodily
harm; or
(2) commits
an
assault
and
intentionally inflicts grievous bodily harm
with or without a weapon;
is guilty of aggravated assault and shall be
punished as a court-martial may direct.
Section (a) describes the offense of simple assault.
Swinging your fist, pointing a gun at a person, or raising
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