Miranda v Arizona
Miranda v Arizona
Complete a case brief of: Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).
The opin" rel="nofollow">inion of the above case is attached below.
In a nutshell, the case brief is an explanation of what the court decided in" rel="nofollow">in the case and why. See the attached worksheets for in" rel="nofollow">information and examples.
Case briefs are used to highlight the key in" rel="nofollow">information contain" rel="nofollow">ined within" rel="nofollow">in a case for use within" rel="nofollow">in the legal community as court cases can be quite lengthy.When writin" rel="nofollow">ing case
briefs, all in" rel="nofollow">information must be properly cited. Make sure you are not copyin" rel="nofollow">ing and pastin" rel="nofollow">ing from your source. Most of the material should be paraphrased; quotations
should make up no more than 10% of the brief. Note: sin" rel="nofollow">ince the purpose to is highlight and summarize key in" rel="nofollow">information, merely copyin" rel="nofollow">ing and pastin" rel="nofollow">ing from the case does not
accomplish this goal. You must summarize the facts in" rel="nofollow">in your own words, usin" rel="nofollow">ing quotations sparin" rel="nofollow">ingly.
Your brief must be structured as follows:
CASE NAME AND CITATION: As a header on the first page of your brief, you should state the name of the case, identify each party’s role in" rel="nofollow">in the case, and give the full
Bluebook style citation to the case.
PARTIES: Who are the parties and what are their roles?
FACTS: Who did what to whom? Include all facts the court considered significant. Summarize in" rel="nofollow">in your own words. DO NOT cut and paste from the opin" rel="nofollow">inion.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY: Who is askin" rel="nofollow">ing the court to do what? How did the case procedurally get before this court?
ISSUE(S): What question or questions did the court have to answer in" rel="nofollow">in order to make their decision? Your issue(s) should be stated in" rel="nofollow">in the form of a question. Make sure
you address ALL the issues in" rel="nofollow">in the case.
HOLDING: Which way did the court answer the questions posed in" rel="nofollow">in the issues? What did they decide?
REASONING: Why did the court decide the case the way it did? What legal standard did they use or establish? What prior cases did the Court rely upon and why?
DECISION: This section gives the Judgment rendered by the court. Describe the fin" rel="nofollow">inal disposition of the case. Did the court affirm the lower court’s decision, reverse
it, and/or remand it for additional proceedin" rel="nofollow">ings?
COMMENTS: Is there anythin" rel="nofollow">ing else that should be mentioned about this case? Is it a “landmark” case? Was the court “divided”? Were there any weaknesses/discrepancies in" rel="nofollow">in
the court’s opin" rel="nofollow">inions?
Legal case names should be done in" rel="nofollow">in standard “Blue Book” format. Example: York v. Smith, 65 U.S. 294 (1995). For further in" rel="nofollow">info see http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation
and look under the “How to Cite” section. For more in" rel="nofollow">information on case brief format see "How to Brief a Case" in" rel="nofollow">in the Case Brief folder in" rel="nofollow">in the Student
Resources. There is also a model case brief for the case of Delahanty v. Hin" rel="nofollow">inckley that you should review. The research requirement does not apply to this assignment. I
have edited the case itself to simplify the assignment. Just use the edited version of the case that I have provided. I want the brief to be in" rel="nofollow">in your own words, so do
NOT in" rel="nofollow">include long quotes from the opin" rel="nofollow">inion itself.