Word: v
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mallory v. U.S. (1957) required there be prompt arraignment of a criminal suspect...
...Mapp v. Ohio (1961) held that evidence obtained by illegal searches and seizures cannot be introduced into a state court...
...Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) ruled that the state must provide free counsel for defendants who cannot afford a lawyer...
...Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) said that a defendant has a right to have his lawyer with him when he is being questioned...
...Miranda v. Arizona (1966) said that a defendant must be given a "fourfold warning" before he is questioned: 1) that he may remain silent, 2) that anything he says may be used against him, 3) that he may have a lawyer present, and 4) that, if indigent, he may have a lawyer without charge...