News Summary

• Ernesto Miranda was arrested by police in Phoenix, Arizona in 1963.
• Miranda was brought in after the police interviewed an 18-year-old kidnapping and rape victim.
• During his two-hour interrogation by the police, Miranda confessed to the crime and wrote out a confession.
• In reality, Miranda had not been informed of his rights, which raised issues of coercion since the interrogation occurred without his awareness of constitutional protections.
• The origin of Miranda Rights can be traced back to the US Supreme Court case Miranda v Arizona in 1966.