Died January 31, 1976 (Phoenix, Arizona)
Robber, rapist, murderer
Ernesto Miranda was a career criminal whose name became familiar to every American following a Supreme Court decision that created what became known as the Miranda Rights. Miranda's conviction in an Arizona court in 1963 would be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1966. In Miranda v. Arizona the Court determined Miranda's Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination had been violated during a police interrogation. This Court decision was one of several important rulings identifying legal safeguards for defendants in the criminal justice system.
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Books
Baker, Liva. Miranda: Crime, Law and Politics. New York: Atheneum, 1983.
Cushman, Clare, ed. The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies, 1789–1993. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1993.
Hall, Kermit L., ed. The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Leo, Richard A., and George C. Thomas III, eds. The Miranda Debate: Law, Justice and Policing. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 1998.
Mauro, Tony. Illustrated Great Decisions of the Supreme Court. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2000.
Web Site
"Ernesto Miranda." Doney & Associates Lawyers. http://www.doney.net/aroundaz/celebrity/miranda_ernesto.htm (accessed on August 15, 2004).
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