Title: What are Miranda Rights? When Must They Be Read? | AllLaw
Headings: What Are Miranda Rights and When Must They Be Read?
What Are Miranda Rights and When Must They Be Read?
When the police detain someone, they must give “Miranda warnings” before questioning begins to inform the person of the right to remain silent and right to have an attorney present.
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What Are Miranda Rights?
Why Do We Have Miranda Rights?
Miranda v. Arizona
When Do Police Have to Read You Your Rights?
How Do You Invoke or Waive Your Miranda Rights?
What Happens If the Police Don't Give Me a Miranda Warning?
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Content: They just need to convey these rights to an accused person. Why Do We Have Miranda Rights? The rights included in the Miranda warnings come from the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution. The Fifth Amendment contains the right against self-incrimination, and the Sixth Amendment contains the right to counsel. The name Miranda comes from a 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436. Miranda v. Arizona
Police arrested Ernesto Miranda in connection with a kidnapping and rape. After the police questioned him for two hours, Miranda signed a confession. The prosecution used his confession as evidence at his trial, and Miranda was convicted. His appeal of the conviction went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court found that Miranda's confession should not have been used as evidence because the police had not informed him of his rights to remain silent and have an attorney present during interrogation.