RCW 38.38.312
[Art. 31] Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.
(1) No person subject to this code may compel a person to incriminate himself or herself or to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate himself or herself.
(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 the person of the nature of the accusation and advising that the person does not have to make any statement regarding the offense of which he or she is accused or suspected and that any statement made by the person may be used as evidence against him or her in a trial by court-martial.
(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 degrade the person.
(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 the person in a trial by court-martial.
[ 2009 c 378 § 15; 1989 c 48 § 30; 1963 c 220 § 33.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 38 - Militia and Military Affairs
Chapter 38.38 - Washington Code of Military Justice.
38.38.004 - Definitions—Construction.
38.38.008 - Persons subject to this code.
38.38.012 - Jurisdiction to try certain personnel.
38.38.016 - Dismissal of commissioned officer.
38.38.020 - Territorial applicability of the code.
38.38.024 - Judge advocates and legal officers.
38.38.068 - Apprehension of deserters.
38.38.072 - Imposition of restraint.
38.38.076 - Restraint of persons charged with offenses.
38.38.080 - Confinement in jails.
38.38.084 - Reports and receiving of prisoners.
38.38.088 - Punishment prohibited before trial.
38.38.092 - Delivery of offenders to civil authorities.
38.38.132 - Commanding officer's nonjudicial punishment—Suspension—Appeal.
38.38.176 - Jurisdiction of courts-martial in general.
38.38.180 - Jurisdiction of general courts-martial.
38.38.184 - Jurisdiction of special courts-martial—Dishonorable discharge.
38.38.188 - Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.
38.38.192 - Sentences of dismissal or dishonorable discharge to be approved by the governor.
38.38.200 - Confinement instead of fine.
38.38.240 - Who may convene general courts-martial.
38.38.244 - Special courts-martial of organized militia not in federal service—Who may convene.
38.38.248 - Summary courts-martial of organized militia not in federal service—Who may convene.
38.38.252 - Who may serve on courts-martial.
38.38.256 - Military judge of a general or special court-martial.
38.38.258 - Military judges—Qualifications.
38.38.260 - Detail of trial counsel and defense counsel.
38.38.264 - Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters.
38.38.268 - Absent and additional members.
38.38.308 - Charges and specifications.
38.38.312 - Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.
38.38.320 - Forwarding of charges.
38.38.324 - Advice of state judge advocate and reference for trial.
38.38.328 - Service of charges.
38.38.368 - Governor may prescribe rules.
38.38.372 - Unlawfully influencing action of court.
38.38.376 - Duties of trial counsel and defense counsel.
38.38.396 - Statute of limitations.
38.38.404 - Pleas of the accused.
38.38.408 - Opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence.
38.38.412 - Refusal to appear or testify—Penalty.
38.38.424 - Admissibility of records of courts of inquiry.
38.38.428 - Voting, rulings, instructions.
38.38.432 - Number of votes required.
38.38.436 - Court to announce action.
38.38.480 - Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited.
38.38.484 - Maximum limits—Reduction in pay grade.
38.38.488 - Effective date of sentences.
38.38.492 - Execution of confinement.
38.38.532 - Execution of sentence—Suspension of sentence.
38.38.536 - Initial action on the record.
38.38.540 - Initial action on the record—General court-martial records.
38.38.544 - Reconsideration and revision.
38.38.552 - Approval by the convening authority.
38.38.556 - Review of records—Disposition.
38.38.560 - Error of law—Lesser included offense.
38.38.568 - Vacation of suspension.
38.38.572 - Petition for a new trial.
38.38.576 - Remission and suspension.
38.38.584 - Finality of proceedings, findings and sentences.
38.38.624 - Persons to be tried or punished.
38.38.632 - Accessory after the fact.
38.38.636 - Conviction of lesser included offense.
38.38.652 - Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation.
38.38.656 - Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation.
38.38.664 - Absence without leave.
38.38.672 - Contempt towards officials.
38.38.676 - Disrespect towards superior commissioned officer.
38.38.680 - Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.
38.38.684 - Insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer or noncommissioned officer.
38.38.688 - Failure to obey order or regulation.
38.38.692 - Cruelty and maltreatment.
38.38.696 - Mutiny or sedition.
38.38.700 - Resistance, breach of arrest, and escape.
38.38.704 - Releasing prisoner without proper authority.
38.38.708 - Unlawful detention of another.
38.38.712 - Noncompliance with procedural rules.
38.38.716 - Misbehavior before the enemy.
38.38.720 - Subordinate compelling surrender.
38.38.724 - Improper use of countersign.
38.38.728 - Forcing a safeguard.
38.38.732 - Captured or abandoned property.
38.38.740 - Misconduct of a prisoner.
38.38.744 - False official statements.
38.38.748 - Military property—Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition.
38.38.752 - Property other than military property—Waste, spoilage, or destruction.
38.38.756 - Improper hazarding of vessel.
38.38.760 - Reckless or impaired operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel.
38.38.762 - Use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances.
38.38.764 - Drunk on duty—Sleeping on post—Leaving post before relief.
38.38.776 - Riot or breach of peace.
38.38.780 - Provoking speeches or gestures.
38.38.782 - Assault upon another member of the organized militia.
38.38.783 - Larceny and wrongful appropriation.
38.38.788 - Frauds against the government.
38.38.796 - Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
38.38.840 - Courts of inquiry.
38.38.844 - Authority to administer oaths.
38.38.848 - Sections to be explained.
38.38.852 - Complaints of wrongs.
38.38.856 - Redress of injuries to property.
38.38.860 - Execution of process and sentence.
38.38.864 - Process of military courts.
38.38.868 - Payment of fines and disposition thereof.
38.38.872 - Immunity for action of military courts.
38.38.876 - Presumption of jurisdiction.
38.38.880 - Delegation of authority by the governor.