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Miranda Vs Arizona Case Study

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• Introduction: Miranda v. Arizona was a case that questioned if suspects 5th and 6th Amendment rights were being violated after they were arrested. Should the police advise suspects of their rights before interrogation? The court system was worried that suspects were being forced into a confession without fully being made aware of their rights. The Miranda case has a lot to do with how interrogations are handled today.

• Facts: Ernesto Miranda who was 22 years old at the time when he was accused of kidnapping and raping an eighteen year old women in Phoenix, Arizona. He was later taken to the police station where witnesses identified him. Miranda was then given a piece a paper that asked for his formal confession. When Miranda refused to sign the paper, he was then interrogated by …show more content…

Miranda did appeal to the Supreme Court of Arizona, and they decided to uphold Miranda’s conviction, because in the eyes of the court Miranda’s constitutional rights were not violated since he did not actually request counsel.

• Issue: Should the police be required to make suspects aware of their Fifth Amendment constitutional right to remain silent to avoid self-incrimination? Also of their Sixth Amendment constitutional right which requires that their informed of their right to a fair hearing before their interrogated?

• Holding: The court did decide that the government should indeed notify arrestees of their Fifth Amendment constitutional rights. Their right to remain silent and their right to have legal counsel if necessary. If the suspect decides to exercise their fifth amendment right the interrogation must stop. Without reading these rights any information obtained from an arrestee in an interrogation will not and cannot be used in

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