1. Ernesto Arturo Miranda was an American laborer whose criminal conviction was set aside in the landmark US Supreme Court case Miranda v Arizona, which ruled that criminal suspects must be informed of their right against self-incrimination and their right to consult with an attorney before being questioned by police.
Ernesto Miranda was stabbed to death during an argument in a bar in Phoenix, Arizona on January 31,1976.
Ernesto Arturo Miranda was born in Mesa, Arizona, on March 9,1941.
Ernesto Miranda began getting in trouble when he was in grade school.
Ernesto Miranda drifted through the southern US for a few months, spending time in jail in Texas for living on the street without money or a place to live, and was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, for driving a stolen car.
Ernesto Miranda was sentenced to one year and a day in the federal prison system because he had driven the stolen vehicle across state lines.
Ernesto Miranda spent his sentence in Chillicothe, Ohio, and later in Lompoc, California.
At the time, Ernesto Miranda was a person of interest, but not formally in custody.
Two weeks later the State of Arizona responded by asserting that Ernesto Miranda's rights had not been violated.
John Flynn for Ernesto Miranda outlined the case and then stated that Ernesto Miranda had not been advised of his right to remain silent when he had been arrested and questioned, adding the Fifth Amendment argument to his case.
Flynn contended that an emotionally disturbed man like Ernesto Miranda, who had a limited education, should not be expected to know his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself.
Ernesto Miranda urged the justices to clarify their position, but not to push the limits of Escobedo too far.
Ernesto Miranda then told the court that forcing police to advise suspects of their rights would seriously obstruct public safety.
Ernesto Miranda was sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison.
Ernesto Miranda was arrested for the possession of a gun but the charges were dropped.
Ernesto Miranda was pronounced dead on arrival at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center.
Ernesto Miranda was buried in the City of Mesa Cemetery in Mesa, Arizona.
The person suspected of handing the knife to the man who murdered Ernesto Miranda invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and refused to talk to police.
Ernesto Miranda was released and was not charged in Miranda's murder.