Dollree Mapp V Ohio Case Summary
Dollree Mapp V Ohio Case Summary
Dollree Mapp V Ohio Case Summary
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Introduction
The story dates back to the year 1957 when police officers broke into Dollree Mapp’s
house in search of a bomb blast suspect. This search was regarded as unconstitutional under
the search and seizure amendment. The search followed a scenario when the suspect was
alleged to be engaging in a gambling business, which one of the corps believed that Dollree
was too a participant hence the suspect could be hiding in her house. The police officers then
conducted a search and seizure into Mapp’s house without giving her any valid arrest warrant.
Consequently, the police officers failed to get the suspect in the house as they expected before.
However, the officers gathered some other documents, books and pictures that were against
the constitutional stipulations on matters of infidelity. Dollree Mapp was then arrested and
prosecuted on March 29, 1961 for possession of unlawful items by the Ohio states court. A
ruling that entitled Mapp for seven years jail term together with a fine of $2000. Fortunately,
the ruling was again overturned by the supreme court on June 19, 1961.
A ruling made by Tom Clerk on June 19, 1961 dismissed the Ohio district court ruling
that sentenced Mapp to a seven years jail term with $2000 fine. Clerk categorically mentioned
that the initial ruling didn’t take into full account the Fourth Amendment of the constitution,
which defines the use of evidence obtained against the Fourth Amendment as illegal. In
addition to his comments, the right to privacy was not incorporated besides the exclusion of
The Dollree Mapp’s ruling of June 19, 1961 set a footprint for the United States’
criminal procedures. From the ruling, the supreme court established protection against
unreasonable searches and seizures. In the ruling, the supreme court established that evidence
obtained against the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in the law courts for prosecutions.
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