Mapp v. Ohio | |
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Argued March 29, 1961 Decided June 19, 1961 | |
Full case name | Dollree Mapp v. State of Ohio |
Citations | 367 U.S. 643 (more) 81 S. Ct. 1684; 6 L. Ed. 2d 1081; 1961 U.S. LEXIS 812; 86 Ohio L. Abs. 513; 16 Ohio Op. 2d 384; 84 A.L.R.2d 933 |
Prior history | Defendant convicted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas; affirmed, Ohio Court of Appeals; affirmed, 166 N.E.2d 387 (Ohio 1960) |
Subsequent history | Rehearing denied, 368 U.S. 871 (1961) |
Holding | |
The Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures, as applied to the states through the Fourteenth, excludes unconstitutionally obtained evidence from use in criminal prosecutions. Ohio Supreme Court reversed. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Clark, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Brennan |
Concurrence | Black |
Concurrence | Douglas |
Concurrence | Stewart |
Dissent | Harlan, joined by Frankfurter, Whittaker |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. IV, XIV | |
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings | |
Wolf v. Colorado |
Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961), was a landmark decision in criminal procedure. The United States Supreme Court ruled that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment may not be used at trial in a state court.[1]
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