Rachel Ortiz- Wynne Ms. Bonner Forensic Science Date assigned: 4 October 2017 Date due: 17 October 2017 Miranda v. Arizona The case of Miranda versus the state of Arizona started out when Ernesto Miranda was arrested. The crime committed was an armed robbery, kidnap and rape of an 18 year old girl. The victim was Lois Ann Jameson. The crime took place on March 3rd 1963 in Phoniex, Arizona. Ernesto Miranda was arrested after the brother of the victim found Miranda’s trunk. He was arrested on March 13th 1963. After being arrested he was put in a lineup and was in a voice lineup and a postitive Identification was made. After being in the interegation room for two hours, Ernesto Miranda gave a full confession of his crime. He was not made aware of his rights to have an attorney present while he was making this confession, …show more content…
During Ernesto Miranda’s trial, his lawyer Alvin Moore tried to get his confession to be rule out as evidence during the trial. The judge overrule Alvin’s objection and the confession was kept as evidence in the trail. Keeping the confession in the trail caused Ernesto Miranda to be convicted of rape and kidnapping and was going to be sentenced for 20 to 30 years for each charge, but they were going to be served concurrently, which means at the same time. After the verdict was given, Alvin Moore filled for appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. The reason for his appeal was that the confession given by Ernesto Miranda should not have been admitted into the trial because it was obtained without making him aware of all his rights. John Paul Frank and John Flynn