Supreme Court Case: The Mapp Vs. Ohio Case

The Mapp V. Ohio case originated in Ohio in June of 1961, where a number of police officers barged in a woman’s home without a search warrant. This was done since the officers suspected her as a bombing fugative. Which, while some would believe that the reasons were justifiable it was against the constitution. This of course was a violation of a right of the woman, named Dollree Mapp. For the police officers to have committed such an unlawful act against not only a citizen’s right but the law , then that is definitely problematic. Since, after all they violated the fourth amendment which states and gives the right to any inhabitant in the United States to have their right of their privacy being protected and that the law cannot search without a warrant. Justice should definitely be done and Dollree Mapp should have her rights secured.

In the U.S Supreme Court, the following decision that was finalized was constitutional and ended in justice . The Supreme court decided that since the authorities forgot their boundaries, Dollree’s case won in favor of her since she was a victim of unlawful actions from the police officers. Furthermore, do to the fact that this was the first time that something like this case had happened during its time, it was a big deal. This is how it became a landmark case, along with the fact that it made it to the U.S Supreme court which is completely rare and almost never happens. For further details, this happened since at first Dollree Mapp’s at her local court was rejected despite the obvious injustice. She , of course, decided to talk action and fought her way up to the U.S Supreme Court which surprised