West Virginia Code § 15-1E-31

Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited
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(a) No person subject to this article 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.
(b) No person subject to this article 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. u
(c) No person subject to this article 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.
(d) No statement obtained from any person in violaltion of this section or through the use of
coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful induscement may be received in evidence against
the person in a trial by court-martial.

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