United States v. Quillen

The exclusionary rule created by Article 31(d), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 *316USC § 831(d), was designed by Congress for the salutary purpose of protecting military personnel from “the effect of superior rank or official position” since “under certain circumstances” the effect of asking a question can be “the equivalent of a command” upon one subject to military law and accustomed to military discipline. United States v. Gibson, 3 USCMA 746, 752, 14 CMR 164, 170 (1954). Given this congressional backdrop, I do not see a compelling need to expand the exclusionary rule far beyond the…