Case Name: Mapp v. Ohio
Year: Argued 1961 ; Decided 1961
Result: 6-3 in favor of Mapp
Related Constitutional Issue/ Amendment: 4th Amendment dealing with unreasonable search and seizures without a warrant and using illegally obtained evidence in a court case
Civil Rights or Civil Liberties: Civil Liberties
Significance/ Precedent: This case refocused on weeks v. united states by the question if the no illegally obtained evidence in federal courts also applied to state courts. Because the evidence against Mapp was illegally obtained, the Court ruled that she was dismissed from the charges.
Quote from Majority Opinion: "...all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution is, by [the Fourth Amendment], inadmissible in a state court."
6-Word Summary: Evidence obtained illegally can't be used
Year: Argued 1961 ; Decided 1961
Result: 6-3 in favor of Mapp
Related Constitutional Issue/ Amendment: 4th Amendment dealing with unreasonable search and seizures without a warrant and using illegally obtained evidence in a court case
Civil Rights or Civil Liberties: Civil Liberties
Significance/ Precedent: This case refocused on weeks v. united states by the question if the no illegally obtained evidence in federal courts also applied to state courts. Because the evidence against Mapp was illegally obtained, the Court ruled that she was dismissed from the charges.
Quote from Majority Opinion: "...all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution is, by [the Fourth Amendment], inadmissible in a state court."
6-Word Summary: Evidence obtained illegally can't be used