In many respects, Miranda followed naturally on the heels of Escobedo. Illinois (1964), the Court held that criminal suspects have a right to have counsel present during police interrogations if the suspect 'becomes the focus of the interrogation by police.' Wainwright (1963), the Court held that indigent criminal defendants have the right to court-appointed counsel and in Escobedo v. Ohio (1961), the Court barred the introduction of illegally seized evidence in criminal prosecutions in Gideon v. Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren the fourteenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.Ĭhief Justice Warren led a Supreme Court that greatly expanded the constitutional rights of the criminally accused. Arguably, the genesis of Miranda was nearly thirteen years earlier in 1953, when President Dwight D. Arizona (1966) is important to understanding the decision itself.

Editor's Note: The theme of this year's national Law Day celebration is 'Miranda: More Than Words.' The following is the second of two articles written by the Editorial Board of the Evansville Bar Association.Īs with many United States Supreme Court cases, understanding the historical context of Miranda v.

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