Anyone who has ever watched a TV show about police and the courts knows the rule: Illegally obtained evidence is not admissible in a trial. We expect it. We consider it a constitutional right. But ...
Enter Ms. Mapp. After losing an appeal at the state level, her case went to the U.S. Supreme Court. Livening an already lively “Mapp v. Ohio": Guarding Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Kansas Law School Associate Dean Melanie Wilson provides a brief overview of the impact of the Supreme Court's landmark Mapp v. Ohio ...
1957—Three Cleveland police officers arrive at Dolly Mapp’s home seeking a suspect wanted in connection with a recent bombing. After Mapp refuses to admit them, the police forcibly enter and search ...
2015-12-05T20:30:00-05:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that involved Cleveland police and established a bedrock principal of criminal defendants' rights will be featured on CSPAN Monday. "Landmark ...
WASHINGTON — A woman who stood up to police trying to search her Ohio home in 1957 and ultimately won a landmark Supreme Court decision on searches and seizures has died. Dollree Mapp died Oct. 31 in ...
1957—Three Cleveland police officers arrive at Dolly Mapp’s home seeking a suspect wanted in connection with a recent bombing. After Mapp refuses to admit them, the police forcibly enter and search ...
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