Mapp v. Ohio

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Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:appeal Based on exclusionary rule
gptkbp:awardedBy state court decision
gptkbp:caseTypes gptkb:Key_case_in_American_legal_history
gptkb:Post-World_War_II_civil_rights_movement
criminal procedure
Landmark decision in civil rights
Civil liberties discussions
Impact on police procedures
Legal textbooks and courses
Ongoing debates about privacy and security.
Foundation_for_future_Fourth_Amendment_cases
Judicial_interpretation_of_the_Constitution
gptkbp:citedBy 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
gptkbp:court gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:decidedBy June 19, 1961
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Cleveland,_Ohio
gptkbp:homeGround African_American_woman
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mapp v. Ohio
gptkbp:impact Fourth_Amendment_rights
gptkbp:influence Law_enforcement_practices
gptkbp:influenced subsequent cases on search and seizure
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Justice_John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:legal_principle Exclusionary rule
Evidence obtained without a warrant
Exclusionary rule applies to states
gptkbp:legal_representation Attorney A. L. K. McGowan
gptkbp:outcome Evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in state courts.
Reinforced privacy rights
Strengthened judicial oversight of law enforcement
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Tom_C._Clark
gptkbp:precedent Incorporation of the exclusionary rule
gptkbp:profession Gambling house operator
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Wolf_v._Colorado
Weeks v. United States
gptkbp:respondsTo gptkb:State_of_Ohio
gptkbp:signatories Dollree Mapp
gptkbp:significance Strengthened Fourth Amendment protections
gptkbp:surveillanceEquipment Unlawful search of her home
gptkbp:TDP overturned
Search warrant validity
Violation_of_Fourth_Amendment_rights
gptkbp:voterTurnout 6-3