United States v. Leiffer

The Court of Military Review found that the police misconduct in this case was the criminal investigator’s failure to give appellant the warnings required by Article 31, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 831. As a result of this Miranda 1-type violation, it found inadmissible his initial unwarned statements, his subsequent statements after warnings were given, the items discovered as a result of a search based in part on his statements, and the testimony of a third party whose identity was discovered as a result of his unwarned statements. The propriety of its finding concerning…