Title: Ernesto Miranda Trials: 1963 & 1967 | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: Ernesto Miranda Trials: 1963 & 1967
Ernesto Miranda Trials: 1963 & 1967
Ernesto Miranda Trials: 1963 & 1967
Tainted Evidence
Conviction Overturned
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Content: At police headquarters he was placed in a line-up with three other Mexicans of similar height and build, though none wore glasses. The victim did not positively identify Miranda but said that he bore the closest resemblance to her attacker. Detectives Carroll Cooley and Wilfred Young then took Miranda into an interrogation room. He was told, inaccurately, that he had been identified, and did he want to make a statement? Two hours later Miranda signed a written confession. There had been no blatant coercion or brutality, and included in the confession was a section stating that he understood his rights. When the detectives left interrogation room 2, they were pleased, not realizing the legal repercussions that would result from their efforts. Tainted Evidence
As an indigent, Miranda was granted a court-appointed defender, Alvin Moore. Moore studied the evidence. The state had an apparently unassailable case, buttressed by Miranda's confession.