Wasn't sure where to post this, but here it is.

Where exactly did the Miranda Rights come from? Who are they named after? What happens if someone doesn't get read them when they are arrested?

Hey, pup!

This site looks pretty helpful.

Check here

I also found this:

Q. Do The Police Have To "Read Me My Rights" When I Am Arrested?

The police have no obligation to formally announce the arrest when it occurs, or to read a suspect his "Miranda Rights." Typically, at some point the police will inform a suspect that he has been arrested. However, many defendants never receive their "Miranda Rights," which relate to the validity of police questioning of suspects who are in custody, and not to the arrest itself.

(from "Expert Law" site.

Thanks Tree! That website explained it pretty well. So did you.

The only thing I don't understand is where the 'name' Miranda came from. Is it named after someone like Megan's law or the Amber Alert?

Hey PB -- The Miranda Rights were actually named after someone named Ernesto Miranda, a old boy who was arrested for bank robbery in Arizona.....the case it was based on can be found here

An aside...I know a State Policeman who named his daughter Miranda.....cute or weird, I'm not sure...

Thank you very much! That's what I wanted to know

Tree...

The police DO have an obligation to read the Miranda to any arrested person. If they do not give the Miranda warning, any information obtained from any questions thereafter is not submissible in court.

The whole Miranda thing is really just a bunch of technicalities. Anyone who was not read their rights could challenge that fact in court.