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Mapp v. Ohio

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Facts of the Case
Dollree Mapp was convicted of possessing obscene materials after an admittedly illegal police search of her home for a fugitive. She appealed her conviction on the basis of freedom of expression.
Question
Were the confiscated materials protected by the First Amendment?
Decision
6-3 DECISION FOR DOLLREE MAPP
Conclusion
In an opinion authored by Justice Tom C. Clark, the majority brushed aside the First Amendment issue and declared that all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible in a state court. The decision launched the Court on a troubled course of determining how and when to apply the exclusionary rule.

Justices Black, Douglas, and Stewart concurred.

Justice Harlan, joined by Justices Frankfurter and Whittaker, wrote a dissenting opinion.
Extra
APPELLANT: Dollree Mapp
APPELLEE: Ohio
LOCATION: Mapp's Residence
DOCKET NO. 236
DECIDED BY: Warren Court
CITATION: 367 US 643 (1961)
ARGUED
Mar 29, 1961
DECIDED
Jun 19, 1961
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