Jacksonville Criminal Defense Lawyer Looks for Miranda Warning Violations

As a Jacksonville Criminal Defense Lawyer, I make sure a defendant’s rights were read when I receive a Jacksonville criminal case that involves police questioning.  In Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Fifth Amendment’s privilege against self-incrimination required police to inform a criminal defendant of the following rights:

1. the right to remain silent; 
2. anything that the defendant says can be used against him;
3. the right to the presence of an attorney; and 
4. if the defendant cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to him.