Ernesto Miranda was a lower-class Spanish citizen born and raised in Arizona. As a child, Miranda struggled in elementary school, shortly after her mother's death. After her mother's death, Miranda lost all contact with the rest of her family. His criminal record began during his 8th grade year. Over the next year, he was arrested and convicted of burglary and sentenced to a year in a reform school. About a month out of reform school, he committed a crime and was sent back to reform school. The second time he was released, he moved to Los Angeles. Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Miranda was arrested there. After 2 1/2 years, Miranda was deported and sent back to Arizona, around age 18. Then he traveled through the south for about 3 months and ended up committing more crimes and serving prison time in Ohio, Texas, and California. Nashville. Miranda was able to stay out of prison for the next two years and worked many different jobs before securing steady employment as a laborer for the Phoenix Produce Company. On March 2, 1963 around midnight, a man in his twenties named Ernesto Miranda got out of his car and tied up the victim called Jane Doe because she wanted her name to remain confidential. He drove her to the desert suburbs of Phoenix. She didn't resist Miranda when he kidnapped her because she feared for her life. Jane Doe was raped by Miranda, a crime already tried by Miranda. He made her hand over the tiny $4 she had and drove her back to town. During police questioning of Jane Doe about her attacker, she stated that she would recognize her attacker if she saw him again. About a week after the attack, Jane Doe was out late with a family member, they walked past... middle of paper ...... whether with or without reason, they were dealing with... 'a similar case in which the suspect won with 5 out of 9 judges agreeing. The Arizona courts rejected Miranda's appeal and so he remained in prison. It was his last chance to appeal to the United States Supreme Court, but he could not afford the $100 fee needed to do so. He sent the papers only to have them returned due to improper papers. He doesn't like the fact that he doesn't have the money to see if the Supreme Court would listen to his request. While awaiting a response from the Supreme Court, Miranda was joined by JJ FF and FF NN. Frank's strong point was the US Constitution and NN's was criminal law. Several months passed before the Supreme Court responded, and lawyers worked on the case during that time. Toward the end of February 1966, the legal group in which Miranda represented appeared before the Supreme Court to present its arguments orally...