Mapp Vs Ohio Case Summary

Nikenia Keys
10/6/15
CJL2000

Case Brief:

Case Citation:
Mapp v Ohio, 367. U.S. 643 1961

Case History:
This case began in the county court of Cleveland, Ohio where Mapp was convicted of possession of illegal lewd and obscene items. She appealed the conviction to the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Eight Judicial Circuit because the local police officers entered her home without a search warrant initially looking for a bombing suspect. The court approved her conviction and she then appealed her conviction to Ohio’s Supreme Court where it was approved and appealed to the Unites States Supreme Court where it was argued and decided in 1961.

Facts:
Police officers wrongly entered Miss Mapp’s house, where she and her daughter lived to find …show more content…
Holding:
Majority rules that information and evidence gathered from an illegal search is unconstitutional and cannot be used in criminal court. The Ohio Supreme Court reversed using unconstitutional evidence and information used from illegal searches in criminal trials through the fourteenth amendment. The decision was 5-3 and ruled in favor of Mapp. The illegal search of her home by the local police officers in Ohio was ruled unconstitutional. The decision of this case led to the overturning of the Wolf vs Colorado case in which local officers entered and searched Wolf’s home without a search warrant.

Significance:
This case was important because it emphasized individual’s constitutional rights. Mapp’s fourth amendment right was violated and unconstitutional. The decision ruling in her favor overturned the Wolf vs Colorado case in which Wolf was arrested because officers found information about him doing abortion on patients. They had no warrant to enter his home. For future cases similar to Mapp’s and Wolf’s, the court will rule in favor of the individual because the fourth amendment and the exclusionary rule applies to the state. The state must abide by these

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