Criminal Law Case Study Miranda v. Arizona 2022

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Miranda v. Arizona,
384 U.S. 436 (1966)
Introduction of Miranda Warning
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4/3/2020

Criminal Law 1
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
Introduction
This case has been a landmark case in the history of US legal system. The supreme
court of US according to this case held that the police had this duty to inform the ones
arrested about their rights that have been provided by the fifth as well as sixth amendment of
US constitution. The Fifth Amendment right talks about the criminal’s rights to remain silent
while being arrested or taken for questioning and to refuse becoming a witness against
himself, while the Sixth Amendment guarantees an individual a right to an attorney to defend
him in the case.
Summary of the Case
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
This case initiated with the arrest of Ernesto Miranda in the year 1963, for being
charged for robbery, rape as well as kidnapping. No information regarding the rights were
provided to Miranda before the interrogation and as the interrogation ended, Miranda
confessed to all the crimes allegedly which was recorded. There was no counsel present in
defence of Miranda and the prosecution insisted on using this confession as the sole evidence
in this case. At the trial, he was convicted of kidnapping as well as rape and was sentenced
for imprisonment of 20 to 30 years (McBride, 2020). Later, an appeal was made in the
Supreme court of Arizona by him with the claim that police coerced him into confessing to
the crime and unconstitutional methods were used by the police to do that, to which, the court
disagreed and conviction was upheld. In the year 1966 this case was reviewed by the US
Supreme Court after repeated requests by Miranda, the court held that the sole confession
from Miranda cannot be used as evidence in the court, especially in the case where the