Miranda
Subtitle: the story of America's right to remain silent
By: Gary L. Stuart ; with a foreword by Janet Napolitano.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Miranda, Ernesto -- Trials, litigation, etc; Trials (Rape) -- Arizona; Right to counsel -- United States; Self-incrimination -- United States; Confession (Law) -- United States; Police questioning -- United States
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Description: "One of the most significant Supreme Court cases in U.S. history has its roots in Arizona and is closely tied to the state's leading legal figures. Miranda has become a household word; now Gary Stuart tells the inside story of this famous case, and with it the legal history of the accused's right to counsel and silence." "Ernesto Miranda was an uneducated Hispanic man arrested in 1963 in connection with a series of sexual assaults, to which he confessed within hours. He was convicted not on the strength of eyewitness testimony or physical evidence but almost entirely because he had incriminated himself without knowing it - and without knowing that he didn't have to. Miranda's lawyers, John P. Frank and John F. Flynn, were among the most prominent in the state, and their work soon focused the entire country on the issue of their client's rights. A 1966 Supreme Court decision held that Miranda's rights had been violated and resulted in the now-famous "Miranda warnings."" "Stuart personally knows many of the figures involved in Miranda, and here he unravels its complex history, revealing how the defense attorneys created the argument brought before the Court and analyzing the competing societal interests involved in the case. He considers Miranda's aftermath - not only the test cases and ongoing political and legal debate but also what happened to Ernesto Miranda."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([195]-204) and index.
Table of contents: title: Crimes, confessions, and convictions; title: The law; title: The oral arguments; title: The aftermath; title: The ongoing debate; title: The Dickerson case; title: The global reach; title: A broader perspective; title: The future.