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Nov 21, 2023 · Danny Escobedo Arrest. On January 19, 1960, at 2:30 a.m., 22-year-old Danny Escobedo, who had no prior criminal record, was arrested in Cook County and taken to police headquarters in Chicago ...
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Crime and arrests
Danny Escobedo's brother-in-law, Manuel Valtierra, was shot and killed on the night of January 19, 1960. Escobedo was arrested without a warrant early the next morning and interrogated. However, Escobedo did not admit anything to the police, and was let go that afternoon. Another man named Benedict DiGerlando had also arrested, and the police thought he was another suspect. DiGerlando told the police that Escobedo's brother-in-law, Valtierra, treated Escobedo's sister badly. Because of this,...
Interrogation
Escobedo asked to speak to his lawyer, but the police refused. They said that although he was not formally charged with a crime yet, he was in police custodyand could not leave. Escobedo's lawyer went to the police station and asked many times to see Escobedo, but was not allowed to. Police and prosecutors interrogated Escobedo for fifteen hours. They made Escobedo stand, handcuffed, for the entire time. Escobedo continued to ask to speak with his lawyer, and they continued to refuse. Escobed...
Trial
At his murder trial, the prosecution used Escobedo's 'confession' as its most important evidence against him. A jury convicted Escobedo of murder and sentencedhim to 20 years in prison.
Escobedo appealed his conviction to the Illinois Supreme Court. His trial lawyer refused to help him, so Escobedo wrote the appeal himself. However, after the Supreme Court got his appeal, he did receive a volunteer lawyer named Barry Kroll. Together, they argued that Escobedo's right to a lawyer had been violated and that his confession had been c...
Legal questions
The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution says that "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to ... the Assistance of Counsel for his defence." The Court had already decided that people had the right to a lawyer during trials. However, the Court had always thought that the Sixth Amendment's right to a lawyer applied to people only after they were "accused," once they were already "in... criminal prosecutions,"as the Amendment itself says. Now the Court had...
Decision
The Escobedocase divided the Supreme Court. By a vote of 5-4, the Court ruled in favor of Escobedo. They threw out his conviction, and he went free. The Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment does apply to police interrogations. In other words, people have the right to a lawyer when they are being questioned by the police. Specifically, the Court ruled that the right to a lawyer begins before a person is charged with a crime. It begins when the police start treating a person like a suspect. Jus...
The Escobedodecision affected every police department, prosecutor, and court in the country: 1. Police departments had to change their rules and their ways of getting confessions. Now they have to make sure that if a suspect asks for a lawyer, he gets one 2. Before using confessions in court, prosecutors now have to make sure that the suspect had a...
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ESCOBEDO v. ILLINOIS. 378 U.S. 478 (1964) MR. JUSTICE GOLDBERG delivered the opinion of the Court. The critical question in this case is whether, under the circumstances, the refusal by the police to honor petitioner’s request to consult with his lawyer during the course of an interrogation constitutes a denial of “the Assistance of Counsel ...
Escobedo v. Illinois. 378 U.S. 478. Case Year: 1964. Case Ruling: 5-3, Reversed and Remanded. Opinion Justice: Goldberg. FACTS. At 2:30 A.M. on January 20, 1960, police arrested Danny Escobedo, a twenty-two-year-old of Mexican extraction, for the murder of his brother-in-law. They attempted to interrogate him, but, on the advice of his counsel ...
Arrested on suspicion of murder, Danny Escobedo was interrogated by police until he confessed. Throughout the interrogation, his fre-quent requests to call his attorney were denied, and he was never advised by the police of his right to remain silent. The Supreme Court reversed the subsequent conviction: We hold ...
Significance. Escobedo is less important in and of itself than as part of a movement led by the Court to liberalize due process in criminal procedure. On the night of 19 January 1960, Danny Escobedo's brother-in-law was fatally shot. Shortly thereafter, police arrested Escobedo without a warrant. He was taken into custody and interrogated.
ICRA Issue, Conclusion, Rule, Analysis for Escobedo v. Illinois. Issue: The issue is whether denying access to a lawyer during an interrogation violates the Sixth Amendment and if evidence obtained in such a scenario can be used in court. Conclusion: The legal conclusion of the court is that the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to counsel was ...
