Year: 1961
Result: 6-3 Mapp won
Constitutional Issue: 4th amendment
Right or Liberty: Liberty
Significance: Because the evidence was illegally obtained the court ruled all charges against Mapp be dismissed. Excluded evidence obtained illegally.
Quote: "All evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution is, by [the Fourth Amendment], inadmissible in a state court."
Summary: Illegally obtained evidence cant be used
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