Mapp v. Ohio

By paintballmanrob

  • Arrest

    Arrest
    Police enter Dollree Mapp's home. She was arrested for obscene materials siezed at her house.

  • Prison

    Prison
    Mapp was tried and convicted and was sentenced to 1-7 years in a womens penitentiary.

  • Case enters Supreme Court

    Case enters Supreme Court
    Mapp v. Ohio case enters the supreme court for ruling.

  • Final ruling

    Final ruling
    The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision overturned Mapp's conviction, on the grounds that evidence seized without a search warrant cannot be used in state criminal prosecutions under the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, and the 14th Amendment, which extends that protection to state jurisdictions.