Miranda's Rights: The Ernesto Miranda Case

Ernesto Miranda from Phoenix, Arizona was a poor man. He was arrested due to circumstantial evidence from a woman that recognized him in a police lineup for violently assaulting her. A few short days later, Ernesto Miranda was charged with the rape and kidnapping of the woman. Once in police custody, he was interrogated for about an estimated time of two hours with no attorney present. The police officers that questioned him did not inform him of his Fifth Amendment rights in contrast to self incrimination and the Sixth Amendment right to have an attorney present in the mist of being questioned. During his interrogation, he orally confessed and also confessed in writing to the all crimes he was being charged with. In his written statement,

The Arizona Courts stated that due to the fact that he had prior convictions in the past, they felt that he should have already known his rights. At the end of that trial, the Arizona Supreme Court kept the guilty conviction. In the year 1965, he then took his case to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States decided to hear his case and since there were similar cases, those were added too. Since it was more than one case, the Supreme Court put all the cases under one umbrella but Ernesto Miranda was first; the case took on his name, calling it Miranda v

I was always taught that if I was ever arrested for something that I know I did not do or just arrested in general to keep my mouth closed until somebody is there that fully understands the law and all the possible outcomes. Majority of time, I try to talk myself out of small things but if I know things are much more serious, I wait until I can have somebody there to speak on my behalf. When talking about the Miranda v Arizona court case, it is kind of his fault for talking before he was represented by a lawyer. As a civilian, you should always want legal representation even if it is something small, let alone you should know the law for personal