Business > CASE STUDY > Supreme_Court_summary.docx Team Assignment: Supreme Court Case Analysis University of Ph (All)

Supreme_Court_summary.docx Team Assignment: Supreme Court Case Analysis University of Ph

Document Content and Description Below

Supreme_Court_summary.docx Team Assignment: Supreme Court Case Analysis University of Phoenix CJA 315 Introduction In this written team assignment, the U.S. Supreme Court case, Miranda vs. Arizona ... , will be summarized paying particular attention to the transcript of the oral arguments. This assignment will discuss; the facts of the case, when was the case argued, which lawyers argued the case for each side, and why is the case significant with respect to the right to counsel and self-incrimination? This assignment will also briefly summarize the arguments of counsel regarding self-incrimination. In March of 1963, Ernesto Miranda was arrested inside of his own home on charges of rape and kidnapping. He was taken into custody and questioned about these crimes for over a two-hour period. Even though a signed confession was established and admitted as evidence at trial by the officers; this was a clear abuse of police power. Ernesto Miranda™s defense counsel objected to this action and was denied. He was later found guilty. The police even admitted to denying Mr. Miranda his right to have an attorney represent him while being interrogated. The verdict was appealed and taken to the state Supreme Court. Unfortunately for Mr. Miranda, the judges found that his Fifth Amendment rights (right against self-incrimination) were not violated “ because the defendant never asked for an attorney while the police were questioning him at the start. Since the beginning of the case, the defendant, while in police cu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

Last updated: 3 years ago

Preview 1 out of 5 pages

Buy Now

Instant download

We Accept: