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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, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) — incorporated exclusionary rule against the states; Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968) — stop and frisk for weapons OK for officer safety; Sibron v. New York, 392 U.S. 40 (1968) — companion case to Terry. Peters v. New York (1968) — companion case to Terry contained in Sibron
Louisiana, 368 U.S. 157 (1961) Peaceful sit-in demonstrators protesting segregationist policies cannot be arrested under a state's "disturbing the peace" laws. Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States , 379 U.S. 241 (1964) The Commerce Clause gives Congress power to force private businesses to abide by Title II of the Civil Rights Act of ...
In its 1961 decision Mapp v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the exclusionary rule—which prevents the government from using evidence in criminal prosecutions if it had been illegally obtained—applies to the U.S. states as well as to the federal government. In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v.
366 U.S. 420 (1961) constitutionality of laws with religious origins but secular purposes Braunfeld v. Brown: 366 U.S. 599 (1961) constitutionality of Sabbath laws requiring Sunday closure of stores Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Massachusetts, Inc. 366 U.S. 617 (1961) Massachusetts blue laws upheld against challenge by Kosher ...
In 1961, the Court, then led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, ruled in Mapp v. Ohio that the exclusionary rule also applies to state criminal prosecutions under the doctrine of incorporation . In Mapp , the majority gave three rationales for enforcing the exclusionary rule under the Constitution: protecting a defendant's Fourth Amendment rights ...
Pages in category "1961 in United States case law" ... Mapp v. Ohio; Marcus v. Search Warrant; McGowan v. Maryland; Monroe v. Pape; N. Norris v. Moskin Stores, Inc ...