Fund for Empowerment v. In a 5-4 Supreme Court decision Miranda v.Arizona (1966) ruled that an arrested individual is entitled to rights against self-incrimination and to an attorney. The Supreme Court's decision in Miranda v. Arizona addressed four different cases involving custodial interrogations. The case began with the 1963 arrest of Phoenix resident Ernesto Miranda, who was charged with rape, kidnapping, and robbery. Ernesto Miranda was arrested after a victim identified him as her assailant. The City was alleged to have operated its 9-1-1 emergency service in a way which discriminated against individuals with plaintiffs' hearing disabilities. But in the 1950s and 1960s, a change came. Civil Rights and Equal Protection.