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Mapp v. Ohio , 367 U.S. 643 (1961), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the exclusionary rule , which prevents a prosecutor from using evidence that was obtained by violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , applies to states as well as the federal government .
Dollree Mapp (October 30, 1923 – October 31, 2014) was the appellant in the Supreme Court case Mapp v. Ohio (1961). She argued that her right to privacy in her home, the Fourth Amendment , was violated by police officers who entered her house with what she thought to be a fake search warrant. [ 1 ]
Mapp v. Ohio was clearly a criminal case. It was an appeal from a criminal conviction, on direct appeal from the Supreme Court of Ohio. The case was within the U.S. Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction because application of a provision of the Constitution of the United States was involved. Newyorkbrad 23:28, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
This case featured the first example of judicial review by the Supreme Court. Ware v. Hylton, 3 U.S. 199 (1796) A section of the Treaty of Paris supersedes an otherwise valid Virginia statute under the Supremacy Clause. This case featured the first example of judicial nullification of a state law. Fletcher v.
I think it's worth including details like this, as there are real people behind the cases, and knowing the extent to which they were affected is worth noting (Mapp, for example, maintained that she was targeted by police because of her role in Mapp v. Ohio). Buck v. Bell, for example, discusses what happened with Carrie Buck following the decision.
Mapp v. Ohio in 1961 and Miranda v. Arizona in 1966 were two highly influential court decisions. [7] Mapp v. Ohio found that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment protection against "unreasonable searches and seizures" may not be used in criminal prosecutions. Miranda v.
1931 Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931) - represented Yetta Stromberg; 1932 Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932) - represented the Scottsboro Boys; 1933 United States v.
"The Fourth Amendment contains no provision expressly precluding the use of evidence obtained in violation of its commands," [3] but in Weeks v. United States (1914) and Mapp v. Ohio (1961), the Supreme Court created the exclusionary rule, which generally operates to suppress – i.e. prevent the introduction at trial of – evidence obtained ...