Facts: The petitioner Miranda V. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) was taken into police custody on March 13, 1963. Miranda was taken from his home because he was accused of raping and kidnapping a young woman. The petitioner Miranda 384 U.S. 436 (1966) was the interrogated none stop for two hours by two different officers who failed to mention to him that a right to an attorney at law. He did not have to confess to anything. The officers at hand admitted to knowing they did not read him his rights but even still Miranda 384 U.S. 436 (1966) was found guilty because he still signed a paper saying he had confessed to the crime at hand. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and the lower courts decided that he still confessed which was good enough for them and even though his rights were not read, He technically never asked for an attorney.
Procedural History: Miranda U.S. 436 (1966) wanted to fight his case which is why he decided to try and appeal his case from the lower courts in which the courts found him guilty of all charges. Miranda then sought to fight his case within the Supreme Court of Arizona. Miranda 384 U.S. 436 (1966) also wanted to make sure his Amendment rights had not been violated, which is why he proceeded to a higher court.
Issue(s): Should a person be aware of their 5th amendment rights when being processed?
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Holdings: yes, the courts decided that Miranda’s rights were not properly given which violated his 5th amendment rights because even though he had initially signed a confession on paper, he should have still been orally offered his legal rights.
The courts decided that Miranda was still aware of what was going even if he was interrogated for two hours. Within the two hours at any time he could have said he wanted a lawyer but instead he waived his rights. Miranda’s case remained the same he was sentenced to twenty to thirty years in prison. Until he brought the case to the Supreme Court in which is case was
overturned. Reasoning: The courts decided the way they did because they felt that self-incrimination was something that should have been looked on much a higher level because everyone should have been entitled to their own rights fairly and equally. Police officers are always supposed to read a suspect their rights. There were also similar cases to Miranda’s which is what they court also took into consideration as well. Decision: The initial Supreme Court ruling had caused Miranda’s case to be overturned, he was freed from prison and returned to his home. (5-4) Decision. The Supreme Court reversed the lower court’s decision and overturn the Miranda case. Comments: This was a major case which opened the door for 5th amendment rights and fairness to all. The courts were not that much divided just by one person. The judges initially all felt the same way. I have yet to find any weakness only thing I can point out is that the lower courts should have looked at the bigger picture within this case and put themselves in Miranda’s shoes. Especially if you are being interrogated for two hours by different people that could mess with a person’s mind mentally. The lower courts should have looked at how that could affect a person mentality.
After two hours of interrogation by the police, Miranda wrote a complete confession, admitting to the kidnapping and rape of an eighteen-year-old girl ten days earlier. Alvin Moore was assigned to represent Miranda at his trial which began June 20th, in front of Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Yale McFate. It was pointed out that Miranda had not been informed of his Fifth Amendment right to have an attorney present during police questioning. Despite that he had not been informed of his rights, Miranda was convicted, forcing him to appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. The charges as well as the verdict remained the same. Miranda appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 1965. Criminal Defense Attorney John Flynn agreed to represent Miranda in Alvin Moore’s stead. The Supreme Court agreed that the written confession was not acceptable evidence because of Ernesto’s ignorance of his Fifth Amendment rights, and the police’s failure to inform him of them. Then state of Arizona re-tried him without the confession but with Twila Hoffman’s testimony. He was still found guilty and was sentenced to twenty to thirty years in prison, but this case set precedence for all other cases of this
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Ernesto Miranda grew up not finishing high school. He didn’t finish the 9th grade, and he decided to drop out of school during that year. He also had a criminal record and had pronounced sexual fantasies after dropping out of high school. Ernesto Miranda was arrested in Phoenix in 1963. He had raped an 18 yr. girl who was mildly mentally handicapped in March of 1963. He was charged with rape, kidnapping, and robbery. When he was found and arrested, and he was not told of his rights before interrogation. After two hours of interrogation, the cops and detectives had a written confession from Miranda that he did do the crimes that he was acquitted for. Miranda also had a history mental instability, and had no counsel at the time of the trial. The prosecution at the trial mainly used his confession as evidence. Miranda was convicted of both counts of rape and kidnapping. He was sentenced to 20-30 years in prison. He tried to appeal to the Supreme Court in
Miranda rights are the entitlements every suspect has. An officer of the law is required to make these rights apparent to the suspect. These are the rights that you hear on every criminal investigation and policing show in the country, “You have the right to remain silent, anything you say may be used against you, you have the right to consult an attorney, if you can’t afford an attorney one will be appointed for you.” After the suspect agrees that he or she understands his/her rights, the arrest and subsequent questioning and investigation may continue. These are the liberties that were afforded to suspected criminals in the Miranda Vs Arizona.
Elsen, Sheldon, and Arthur Rosett. “Protections for the Suspect under Miranda v. Arizona.” Columbia Law Review 67.4 (1967): 645-670. Web. 10 January 2014.
...e police officers. Miranda established the precedent that a citizen has a right to be informed of his or her rights before the police attempt to violate them with the intent that the warnings erase the inherent coercion of the situation. The Court's violation of this precedent is especially puzzling due to this case's many similarities to Miranda.
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Miranda vs. Arizona Miranda vs. Arizona was a case that considered the rights of the defendants in criminal cases in regards to the power of the government. Individual rights did not change with the Miranda decision, however it created new constitutional guidelines for law enforcement, attorneys, and the courts. The guidelines ensure that the individual rights of the fifth, sixth and the fourteenth amendment are protected. This decision requires that unless a suspect in custody has been informed of his constitutional rights before questioning, anything he says may not be introduced in a court of law. The decision requires law enforcement officers to follow a code of conduct when arresting suspects.
The constitution establish major governing institutions, assign institution’s power, place explicit and implicit control on power granted. All this gives the political legitimacy. The U.S constitution gives the base model for state constitution for Texas.
Miranda v. Arizona is a very important activist decision that required police to inform criminal suspects of their rights before they could be interrogated. These rights include: the right to remain silent, that anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, you have a right to an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed to you be the court. In this case the Fifth Amendment's right that a person may not be forced to incriminate one's self was interpreted in an activist way as meaning that one must be aware of this right before on is interrogated by the police. Prior to this ruling it was common practice to force and coerce confessions from criminal suspects who did not know they had the right not to incriminate themselves.
Our Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights have changed since the Miranda v. Arizona case got brought to the attention of the Supreme Court.
Miranda came about in 1966, when a 23-year-old, name Miranda, was arrested and transported from his home to the police station for questioning in connections with a kidnapping and a rape case. Miranda was kind of poor and uneducated. At the station the police questioned him for two hours. After this two hours of questioning the police obtained a written confession that in turn was used in court against him. Miranda was undoubtedly found guilty.
...to remain silent, that anything he says can be used against him in a court of law, that he has the right to the presence of an attorney, and that if he cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed for him prior to any questioning if he so desires.” (uscourts) These are known as the Miranda Rights, and their breadth of impact on society and the judicial system cannot be understated. Before being officially arrested, one must be notified of these rights by the arresting law enforcement official. The phrase is heard in countless television shows and movies; it is therefore safe to assume that a vast majority of Americans are aware of the phrase, and subsequently the rights which they are entitled to upon facing interrogation. This prohibits law enforcement officials from infringing on these fundamental civil rights and prevents forced confessions.
Miranda is a ruling which says that the accused have the right to remain silent and prosecutors may not use statements made by them while in police custody, unless the police advice them of their rights. In other words, a police officer must inform a suspect of this fundamental right, under the Fifth Amendment, at the time of their arrest and or interrogation. Miranda protect ignorant suspects from incriminating themselves.