Mapp v. Ohio
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Syllabus
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All evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Federal Constitution is inadmissible in a criminal trial in a state court. Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U. S. 25, overruled insofar as it holds to the contrary. Pp. 643-660.
Printed on p. 643 of the United States Reports, read from the text layer of the Library of Congress scan. View the page image
170 Ohio St. 427, 166 N. E. 2d 387, reversed.
Printed on p. 643 of the United States Reports, read from the text layer of the Library of Congress scan. View the page image
Provisions
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- Amendment IVsuggested link
Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), essays Amdt4.7.2, pp. 1676, 1678, 1679, 1680.
Overrules
- Wolf v. Colorado (1949)suggested link
Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), Table of Supreme Court Decisions Overruled by Subsequent Decisions, p. 2445: Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) — Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25 (1949) (in part).
Why it is here
The library's first set of cases is chosen by fixed rules from the Constitution Annotated (2022), which cites this case as “Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961)”:
- most cited in essay topic Amdt4.7 (4 pages)