Escobedo v. Illinois

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Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.

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Escobedo v. Illinois canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
criminal procedure case
landmark decision
areaOfLaw constitutional law
criminal procedure
citation 378 U.S. 478
constitutionalProvisionInvolved Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment
surface form: Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States of America
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1964-06-22
decisionType 5–4 decision
dissentBy Byron R. White
John M. Harlan II
Potter Stewart
Tom C. Clark
fullName Escobedo v. Illinois self-link
holding A criminal suspect has a Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogation once the investigation focuses on the suspect and the suspect requests an attorney.
Statements elicited by police during interrogation after a suspect has requested and been denied counsel are inadmissible at trial.
impact helped lay the groundwork for the Miranda v. Arizona decision
significantly expanded the practical scope of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel
joinedByInMajority Arthur J. Goldberg
Earl Warren
Potter Stewart
William J. Brennan Jr.
William O. Douglas
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
languageOfRecord English
legalIssue admissibility of confessions
right to counsel during police interrogation
majorityOpinionBy Arthur J. Goldberg
Justice Arthur Goldberg
originatingCourt Illinois Supreme Court
surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois
pageInUnitedStatesReports 478
petitioner Danny Escobedo
precedentFor Miranda v. Arizona
surface form: Miranda warnings doctrine

expansion of right to counsel during custodial interrogation
relatedCase Gideon v. Wainwright
Massiah v. United States
Miranda v. Arizona
respondent Illinois
surface form: State of Illinois
result conviction of Danny Escobedo was reversed
stateInvolved Illinois
subjectMatter criminal suspects' rights
police interrogation practices
volumeOfUnitedStatesReports 378
yearDecided 1964

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Miranda v. Arizona relatedCase Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois fullName Escobedo v. Illinois self-link
Massiah v. United States relatedTo Escobedo v. Illinois
Danny Escobedo participantIn Escobedo v. Illinois
book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis relatedTo Escobedo v. Illinois
subject surface form: Gideon's Trumpet
Warren Court era notableCase Escobedo v. Illinois