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Carroll Cooley, Detective in Landmark Miranda Case, Dies at 87 | Carroll Cooley, Detective in Landmark Miranda Case, Dies at 87 |
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Carroll Cooley, a detective whose interrogation of a rape suspect named Ernesto Miranda helped lead to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court that compelled the police to make criminal suspects aware of their right against self-incrimination and their right to have a lawyer present, died on May 29 at his home in Phoenix. He was 87. | Carroll Cooley, a detective whose interrogation of a rape suspect named Ernesto Miranda helped lead to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court that compelled the police to make criminal suspects aware of their right against self-incrimination and their right to have a lawyer present, died on May 29 at his home in Phoenix. He was 87. |
His wife, Gleora (Caron) Cooley, said the cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | His wife, Gleora (Caron) Cooley, said the cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. |
Mr. Cooley had been a detective in the Phoenix Police Department for about a year when, in March 1963, he and a colleague pursued Mr. Miranda for the rape and kidnapping of an 18-year-old woman. Mr. Miranda was found at his home and taken to the police station. | Mr. Cooley had been a detective in the Phoenix Police Department for about a year when, in March 1963, he and a colleague pursued Mr. Miranda for the rape and kidnapping of an 18-year-old woman. Mr. Miranda was found at his home and taken to the police station. |
He wasn’t handcuffed because he was not yet under arrest, Detective Cooley said in a speaking engagement in 2016, as quoted by the newspaper The Arizona Republic, and Mr. Miranda wasn’t told that he needed a lawyer because there was no legal requirement to do so. | He wasn’t handcuffed because he was not yet under arrest, Detective Cooley said in a speaking engagement in 2016, as quoted by the newspaper The Arizona Republic, and Mr. Miranda wasn’t told that he needed a lawyer because there was no legal requirement to do so. |
At the police station, the victim identified Mr. Miranda — published accounts differ over whether it was in a lineup or a direct confrontation — and, after being interrogated by the detectives, he wrote out a confession, which began: “Seen a girl walking up street stopped a little ahead of her got out of car walked towards her grabbed her by the arm and asked to get in car. Got in car without force tied hands and ankles.” | At the police station, the victim identified Mr. Miranda — published accounts differ over whether it was in a lineup or a direct confrontation — and, after being interrogated by the detectives, he wrote out a confession, which began: “Seen a girl walking up street stopped a little ahead of her got out of car walked towards her grabbed her by the arm and asked to get in car. Got in car without force tied hands and ankles.” |