Ernesto Miranda was a lower-class Spanish citizen born and raised in Arizona. As a child, Miranda had trouble in elementary school, shortly after Miranda's mother died. After her mother's death, Miranda lost ties with the rest of her family. His criminal record began during his eighth-grade year. The following year he was arrested and found guilty of burglary and sentenced to be sent to a reformatory for a year. About a month into reform school he committed a crime and was sent back to reform school. The second time he was released he moved to Los Angeles. Not long after arriving in Los Angeles, Miranda was arrested there. After 2 1/2 years, Miranda was evicted and sent back to Arizona, at about the age of 18. He subsequently traveled through the South for about 3 months, and ended up committing more crimes and serving time in prison in Ohio, Texas and California, and Nashville. Miranda managed to stay out of prison for the next two years and worked at many different jobs before getting a stable job as a laborer for the Phoenix Produce Company. On March 2, 1963 around midnight, a man in his twenties who we now know Ernesto Miranda got out of his car and tied up the victim called Jane Doe because he wanted her name to remain private. He took her to the deserted suburbs of Phoenix. She did not resist Miranda as he kidnapped her because she feared for her life. Jane Doe was raped by Miranda, a crime previously attempted by Miranda. He made her hand over the tiny $4 she had and took her back to town. During police interrogation, Jane Doe said she would recognize her attacker if she saw him again. About a week after the attack, Jane Doe was out late with a family member, they passed... in the middle of a sheet of paper... or not, they were dealing with a similar case where the suspect won. with 5 out of 9 judges agreeing. Arizona courts rejected Miranda's appeal, so he remained in prison. His last resort was to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but he couldn't afford the $100 fee needed to do so. He sent the documents only to have them returned due to improper paperwork. He resented the money to see if the supreme court would hear his petition. While awaiting a response from the Supreme Court, Miranda was joined by JJ FF and FF NN. Frank's forte was the US Constitution and NN's was criminal law. Many months had passed before the Supreme Court responded, and lawyers worked on the brief during this period. In late February 1966, Miranda's legal team appeared before the Supreme Court to present their arguments..