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192A.175 Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.

Subdivision 1. No person subject to this code may compel any person to make self-incriminating statements or acts or to answer any question the answer to which may tend to be self-incriminating.

Subd. 2. No person subject to this code may interrogate or request any statement from an accused or a person suspected of an offense without first informing that person:

(1) of the nature of the accusation;

(2) that no statement regarding the offense need be made; and

(3) that any statement the person makes may be used as evidence against the person in a trial by court-martial.

Subd. 3. No person subject to this code may compel any person to make a statement or produce evidence before any military tribunal if the statement or evidence is not material to the issue and may tend to be degrading.

Subd. 4. No statement obtained from any person in violation of this section, or through the use of coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful inducement may be received in evidence against that person in a trial by court-martial.

HIST: 1963 c 661 s 192A.175; 1986 c 444

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