Title: Ernesto Miranda Trials: 1963 & 1967 | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: Ernesto Miranda Trials: 1963 & 1967
Ernesto Miranda Trials: 1963 & 1967
Ernesto Miranda Trials: 1963 & 1967
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Conviction Overturned
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Content: But Alvin Moore's arguments about the confession had touched off a legal firestorm. Miranda's conviction was appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 13, 1966, Chief Justice Earl Warren, speaking for a 5-4 majority, for the first time established unequivocal guidelines about what is and what is not permissible in the interrogation room: Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him, and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed …
Conviction Overturned
With Miranda's conviction overturned, Arizona glumly faced the prospect of having to free its most celebrated prison inmate. Without the confession, the chances of winning a retrial were negligible. Ironically, it was Miranda himself who brought about his own downfall. Expecting to be released after retrial, he had begun a custody battle with his common-law wife, Twila Hoffman, over their daughter. Hoffman, angry and fearful, approached the authorities and revealed to them the content of a conversation she had had with Miranda after his arrest, in which he had is the rape. This fresh evidence was all Arizona needed. Miranda's second trial began February 15, 1967.