Miranda warnings
Custody rights statement
Miranda warnings are the rights police must read to suspects in custody before interrogation, including the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.
Named after the 1966 Supreme Court case *Miranda v.
Arizona*, the warnings ensure suspects know their Fifth Amendment protections.
The officer read him his Miranda warnings before questioning.
Also called Miranda rights.
- MirandizeInform arrestee of rights
- Fifth AmendmentProtection against compelled testimony
- policeCivil law enforcement
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
supreme court · attorney · right to counsel · custody · confessions · anything you say · silence · admissions · exclusionary rule · detention · public defenders · arrests · booking process · fair trial · case law · Law & Order · police procedural · Sixth Amendment
Miranda warningscoerced confession
Statement obtained through pressure
forced confession · rights violation · self-incrimination · due process violation
Miranda warningsthird degree
Prolonged, aggressive questioning
coercion · duress · torture · enhanced interrogation · police brutality