USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-3 vote in favor of Mapp. The high court said evidence seized unlawfully, without a search warrant, could not be used in criminal prosecutions in state courts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mapp v. Ohio was a 1961 landmark Supreme Court case decided 6–3 by the Warren Court, in which it was held that Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures applied to the states and excluded unconstitutionally obtained evidence from use in state criminal prosecutions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Possession of obscene materials was then illegal according to state law, and Mapp was arrested. In the fall of 1958, she was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 1-7 years in the penitentiary. No search warrant was produced at the trial, nor was the failure to produce one accounted for.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Supreme Court ruled in Mapp’s favor, stating that the Fourth Amendment’s protections against illegal search and seizure applied to proceedings in state courts as well as proceedings in federal courts. Read an ACLU of Ohio briefing paper about the case.