Trial and punishment for certain offenses by members of national guard in state courts.
Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 19-12-110
in effect(a) Members of the Wyoming national guard charged with the following offenses may be tried and punished as herein provided:
(i) Any member of the Wyoming national guard who is tried and found guilty of the offense of using contemptuous words against the president, vice-president, a member of congress, the secretary of defense, a secretary of a department, a governor or a member of a legislature of any state, territory or other possession of the United States in which the member is on duty or present shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both. Upon a second or subsequent conviction under this paragraph the member shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months. The fine and sentence on a second or subsequent conviction shall not be suspended;
(ii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(iv) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(v) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(vi) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(vii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(viii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(ix) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(x) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(xi) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(xii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(xiii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(xiv) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(xv) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(xvi) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(xvii) Any member of the Wyoming national guard who resists or aids in resisting the execution of lawful process in any area declared to be in a state of actual or threatened insurrection, or who aids or attempts the rescue or escape of another from lawful custody or confinement, or who resists or aids in resisting any force ordered out by the governor to execute the laws, to suppress actual or prevent threatened insurrection or to repel invasion is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(c) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(d) Any commanding officer of the Wyoming national guard may impose administrative, nonjudicial punishment as described and set forth in article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and in accordance with the procedure therein set forth except as superseded by rules promulgated under this article unless the accused demands trial by court-martial.
(e) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
(f) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 159, § 2.
Source: WY Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title19.pdfFetched: 10/4/2026