Thursday, April 3, 2014

Maranda, Wardlow & Gideon

The Miranda casese was caused by a police officer not reading a suspect his rights when taking him into custody, which then led to the suspect being released because he claimed he did not know what his rights were. The court then ruled in favor of Miranda which the led to the naming of the rights/warning "Miranda Rights".
The case of Wardlow was about a 44 year-old man who was arrested after he was accused of fleeing the police while they approved him, he was then chased and when he was caught the police officers found with a hand gun and accused of throwing away a bag consuming crack cocaine. The court ruled in favor of Wardlow, saying that the search by the police officers was not just and that they did not have probable cause.