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Miranda U.S. Law.|mɪˈrændə|
[f. the name Ernesto A. Miranda (see quot. 1966).]
The name given to a set of rules specified by the Supreme Court in the U.S. whereby law enforcement officrs are required to apprise a person suspected of a crime of his rights to counsel and his privileges against self-incrimination prior to his being interrogated. Also attrib.
[1966Washington Post 14 June A7/1 Here are excerpts from yesterday's Supreme Court opinion on the admissibility of statements obtained in questioning of a person in police custody, and on the Fifth Amendment protections such a person is to be afforded against self-incrimination. This opinion..encompasses four cases—Ernesto A. Miranda v. the State of Arizona, [etc.]. ]1967Time 3 Mar. 49/1 The Supreme Court's famous Miranda decision..wrought vast changes in police procedure. Ibid. 49/2 Miranda does not seem to have helped Miranda and his mates. 1970W. Wager Sledgehammer xxii. 173 I've got quite a few motions—the complete kit. I'll start with Miranda when the trial begins. 1972J. Mills Report to Commissioner 270 Do you know what a Miranda warning is? 1973N.Y. Law Jrnl. 2 Aug. 13/5 At this point Miller read to Dixon his four required warnings under Miranda. |