Almost 50 years before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that all those arrested must be informed of their constitutional rights to stay silent and have an attorney represent them, a similar argument played out in the Connecticut Supreme Court. Two deaf men were arrested in 2016 for the beating death of Annie Castelli, the wife of one of the men, in a New Haven hotel.
The two men were caught in New York and returned to New Haven for questioning, where they both admitted taking part in the killing. Their case went to trial and their confessions helped to secure a guilty verdict. However, on appeal, the defense attorney argued that their confessions were given under duress — an officer apparently used a rubber hose on one of the defendants — and the men were not told that the incriminating statements could be used against them during the trial.
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