39-6-24 - Person charged -- Limits on evidence obtained from other persons.
39-6-24. Person charged -- Limits on evidence obtained from other persons.
(1) A person subject to this chapter may not:
(a) compel any person to incriminate himself or to answer any question, the answer towhich may tend to incriminate him;
(b) interrogate, or request any statement from an accused or a person suspected of anoffense, without first informing him of the nature of the accusation and advising him that he is notrequired to make any statement regarding the offense of which he is accused or suspected, andthat any statement made by him may be used as evidence against him in a trial by military court;and
(c) compel any person to make a statement or produce evidence before any militarycourt, if the statement or evidence is not material to the issue before the court and may tend todegrade him.
(2) A statement obtained from any person in violation of this section, or through the useof coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful inducement may not be received in evidence againsthim in a trial by a military court.
Enacted by Chapter 210, 1988 General Session