Miranda warning
Rights before questioning
A Miranda warning is the statement police must give to suspects in custody before interrogation, informing them of their constitutional rights—to remain silent, to have an attorney present, and that anything they say can be used against them.
Named for the 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v.
Arizona.
The officer read him his Miranda warning before questioning.
Total lack of sound
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- self-incriminationImplicating yourself criminally
- Fifth AmendmentProtection against compelled testimony
- Sixth AmendmentConstitutional trial protections
counsel · invoke · decline · waiver · protection · privilege · constitutional · safeguard
Careful thought before deciding
- readingInterpreting written text
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- notificationFormal notice given
- custodyProtective care or control
booking · interrogation · arrest · detainment · police · officer · suspect · handcuffs
Facts supporting truth
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- exclusionary ruleBan on unconstitutionally seized evidence
suppress · inadmissible · tainted · challenge · motion · voluntariness · due process · appeal
silence
Total lack of sound
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- self-incriminationImplicating yourself criminally
- Fifth AmendmentProtection against compelled testimony
Sixth Amendment · counsel · invoke · decline · waiver · protection · privilege · constitutional · safeguard · court-appointed
advisement
Careful thought before deciding
- readingInterpreting written text
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- notificationFormal notice given
custody · booking · interrogation · arrest · detainment · police · officer · suspect · handcuffs · squad car
evidence
Facts supporting truth
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
exclusionary rule · suppress · inadmissible · tainted · challenge · motion · voluntariness · due process · appeal · remedy
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- arrestarrest, handcuffs, booking, custody, detained
- Criminal Procedurearraignment, arrest, grand jury, investigation, guilty plea
- defendant rightsright to counsel, presumption of innocence, right to silence, right to appeal, fair trial
- interrogation rightsright to silence, right to counsel, self-incrimination, Fifth Amendment, police interrogation
- legal proceedingstrial, verdict, lawsuit, testimony, plea
Miranda warningcoerced confession
Statement obtained through pressure
forced confession · rights violation · police brutality · due process violation · police misconduct
Miranda warningunlawful detention
Illegal restraint of freedom
conviction · summary justice · vigilante justice · kangaroo court