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Miranda v. Arizona (No. 759) 384 U.S. 436

Miranda v. Arizona (No. 759) 384 U.S. 436

384 U.S. 436 | 1966-06-13

384 U.S. 436

Miranda v. Arizona (No. 759)

Argued: February 28-March 1, 1966

Decided: June 13, 1966 [*]

98 Ariz. 18, 401 P.2d 721; 15 N.Y.2d 970, 207 N.E.2d 527; 16 N.Y.2d 614, 209 N.E.2d 110; 342 F.2d 684, reversed; 62 Cal.2d 571, 400 P.2d 97, affirmed.

Syllabus
 
In each of these cases, the defendant, while in police custody, was questioned by police officers, detectives, or a prosecuting attorney in a room in which he was cut off from the outside world. None of the defendants was given a full and effective warning of his rights at the outset of the interrogation process. In all four cases, the questioning elicited oral admissions, and, in...