Ernesto Arturo Miranda was born on March 9th 1941 in Mesa, Arizona. Miranda had a rough childhood and constantly acted out in school due to losing his mother at a young age and having a bad relationship with his father. Miranda was criminally convicted for the first time during his eighth grade year and in the following year, convicted of burglary. Due to his charges, Miranda was sentenced to reform school, only to be released in 1956. After being locked up for two years the eighteen year old traveled back to his home state, Arizona, and kept busy working for various companies until he became a laborer on a night loading dock for a Phoenix company. On March 13th the twenty three year old was arrested in his home for kidnapping and sexually assaulting eighteen year old, Patty McGees, in Phoenix, Arizona. Miranda was taken to the police station and only after being identified by the victim he was taken to his interrogation room. The investigators received a written confession from Miranda, but his claims …show more content…
Miranda argued the police had violated his fifth amendment, which states his right to remain silent, and his sixth amendment being the right to legal counsel. Arizona ignored the Escobedo Rule, which is evidence obtained from an illegally obtained confession and therefore void in a court of law. His conviction was faulty and Miranda deserved a new trial. He was tried again by the State of Arizona and was found guilty of kidnapping and rape for twenty to thirty years, depending on behavior. Arizona’s arguments claimed that Ernesto Miranda knew all about the police procedures and he negotiated with police officers with immense intelligence and understanding. In addition, Arizona claimed that Miranda signed the confession willingly and his conviction was based off Arizona law. Arizona claimed the Supreme Court should uphold its conviction and should not downgrade the work from the