Title: 384 U.S. 436 legal definition of 384 U.S. 436
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Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona
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Miranda v. Arizona
Opinion of the Supreme Court of Arizona, April 22, 1965 . . . . . . .257
Brief for Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court, June 13, 1966 . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
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Content: The Miranda case involved four criminal defendants. Each of the defendants was appealing a conviction based in part on the failure of law enforcement officers to advise him, prior to custodial interrogation, of his right to an attorney or his right to remain silent. Ernesto Miranda, the first defendant listed in the case, was arrested on March 18, 1963, at his home in Arizona and taken to a Phoenix police station. At the station witnesses identified Miranda as a rapist. Police then brought Miranda to an interrogation room where he was questioned by two police officers. The officers did not tell Miranda that he had a right to an attorney, and Miranda confessed to the crime in two hours. Miranda wrote a confession on a piece of paper and signed the paper. At the top of the paper was a typed statement saying that Miranda had made the confession voluntarily and with full knowledge of his legal rights. Miranda was convicted of rape and Kidnapping in an Arizona state court. The circumstances involving the other three defendants were similar, all three confessing after a period of custodial interrogation without the assistance of legal counsel.