Escobedo v. Illinois
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Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Escobedo v. Illinois canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T371060 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Escobedo v. Illinois Context triple: [Miranda v. Arizona, relatedCase, Escobedo v. Illinois]
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A.
Mapp v. Ohio
Mapp v. Ohio is a landmark 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied the exclusionary rule to the states, holding that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in state criminal prosecutions.
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B.
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Brandenburg v. Ohio is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly strengthened free speech protections by establishing the "imminent lawless action" test for when advocacy of violence can be punished under the First Amendment.
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C.
Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona is a landmark 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the requirement for police to inform criminal suspects of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present during custodial interrogations.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Escobedo v. Illinois Target entity description: Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
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A.
Mapp v. Ohio
Mapp v. Ohio is a landmark 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case that applied the exclusionary rule to the states, holding that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in state criminal prosecutions.
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B.
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Brandenburg v. Ohio is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly strengthened free speech protections by establishing the "imminent lawless action" test for when advocacy of violence can be punished under the First Amendment.
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C.
Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona is a landmark 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the requirement for police to inform criminal suspects of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present during custodial interrogations.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
criminal procedure case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
criminal procedure ⓘ |
| citation | 378 U.S. 478 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1964-06-22 ⓘ |
| decisionType | 5–4 decision ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
John M. Harlan II ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Tom C. Clark ⓘ |
| fullName | Escobedo v. Illinois self-link ⓘ |
| holding |
A criminal suspect has a Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogation once the investigation focuses on the suspect and the suspect requests an attorney.
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Statements elicited by police during interrogation after a suspect has requested and been denied counsel are inadmissible at trial. ⓘ |
| impact |
helped lay the groundwork for the Miranda v. Arizona decision
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significantly expanded the practical scope of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Arthur J. Goldberg
ⓘ
Earl Warren ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
admissibility of confessions
ⓘ
right to counsel during police interrogation ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Arthur J. Goldberg
ⓘ
Justice Arthur Goldberg ⓘ |
| originatingCourt |
Illinois Supreme Court
ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme Court of Illinois
|
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 478 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Danny Escobedo ⓘ |
| precedentFor |
Miranda v. Arizona
ⓘ
surface form:
Miranda warnings doctrine
expansion of right to counsel during custodial interrogation ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Gideon v. Wainwright
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Massiah v. United States ⓘ Miranda v. Arizona ⓘ |
| respondent |
Illinois
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surface form:
State of Illinois
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| result | conviction of Danny Escobedo was reversed ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Illinois ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
criminal suspects' rights
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police interrogation practices ⓘ |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports | 378 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1964 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Escobedo v. Illinois Description of subject: Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gideon's Trumpet