Title: What are Miranda Rights? (with pictures)
Headings: What are Miranda Rights? (with pictures)
What are Miranda Rights? (with pictures)
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Content: Miranda rights must be read to a person in police custody prior to an interrogation in a statement known as the Miranda Warning. Miranda rights must be explained to anyone under arrest. Miranda rights were defined by the US Supreme Court in 1966. The case, known as Miranda vs. Arizona, involved 22-year old Ernesto Miranda, who was arrested in March 1963 for allegedly abducting and raping an 18-year-old woman. After the woman identified him, Miranda was questioned for two hours and ultimately signed a confession admitting to the crime. The written confession had a paragraph typed on each page indicating that the suspect was fully aware of his legal rights and understood that whatever he said could be used against him. Prior to interrogation, suspects must be read the Miranda rights. Miranda was brought to trial in June 1963 and represented by Alvin Moore, a court-appointed attorney. Moore objected to the confession being used as evidence, claiming that Miranda had never been verbally informed of his rights. Judge Yale McFate overruled this request, and the jury found Miranda guilty.