USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In this case the Supreme Court determined that evidence obtained through a search that violates the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible in state courts.
A
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
B
Mapp v. Ohio
C
Miranda v. Arizona
D
Texas v. Johnson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) The prosecution is not allowed to present evidence that law enforcement secured during a search that was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Ohio. In 1914, the Supreme Court established the ‘exclusionary rule’ when it held in Weeks v. United States that the federal government could not rely on illegally seized evidence to obtain criminal convictions in federal court.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court upheld her conviction. In 1961, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Mapp’s appeal.

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