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35.155 Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.
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No person subject to this code may compel any person to incriminate himself or
herself or to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate him
or her.
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 of
the nature of the accusation and advising that person that the person does not have
to make any statement regarding the offense of which the person is accused or
suspected, and that any statement made by the person may be used as evidence
against the person in a trial by court-martial.
No person subject to this code may compel any person to make a statement or
produce evidence before any military court if the statement or evidence is not
material to the issue and may tend to degrade the person.
No statement obtained from any person in violation of this section, or through the
use of coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful inducement shall be received in
evidence against the person in a trial by court-martial.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 32, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended
1970 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 20. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 30, effective July
1, 1954.
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