Word: escobedo
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...after arriving in town with his wife and daughter, Torres and a friend drove to a local tavern called the Linger Longer Lounge. He did not linger too long, however, for after a few beers he got into an argument with the barmaid, Hortenzia Escobedo, over the charge for his drinks. When she asked him to leave, the sergeant allegedly went to his car, took a .30-cal. rifle from the trunk, and fired four shots into the ground before speeding away...
...officers were eventually given jail terms. During an 18-month period ending last April, the American Civil Liberties Union received 174 complaints of police abuses from Los Angeles Mexican Americans. Two of the recent landmark Supreme Court decisions limiting police questioning of suspects involved Mexican Americans?Escobedo v. Illinois and Miranda v. Arizona. Many Mexicans still look on the Texas Rangers and U.S. border patrols with terror...
...announced the important principle that evidence seized in an illegal search may not be introduced at a man's trial. But Gideon was the first sign of the court's concern for protecting accused criminals who may not be able to defend themselves. It was followed by Escobedo v. Illinois (1964), which held that a suspect may not be prevented from seeing his lawyer during a police interrogation. The most controversial decision of all was Miranda v. Arizona (1966), which called on the police to warn a suspect of his rights to remain silent and to have...
Ironically, Smith's fundamental argument-that he was not accorded his constitutional rights to counsel and to silence-would today suffice to get any other suspect a new trial. The U.S. Supreme Court decisions on Escobedo and Miranda deal favorably with situations like Smith's. But those landmark decisions were written since Smith's trial eleven years ago, and are not retroactive. His petition to the Supreme Court to vacate his conviction is pending; he has a stay of execution until that decision is made...
...Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) said that a defendant has a right to have his lawyer with him when he is being questioned...