Mapp_V_Ohio

Mapp V Ohio Mapp V. Ohio 367 U.S. 643 (1961) Facts: Mapp was convicted of possession of lewd and lascivious books, pictures, and photographs in violation of Ohio law. Three Cleveland police officers went to Mapp’s resident based on information that a person who was wanted in connection with a recent bombing was hiding out in her home. The officers knocked on the door and demanded entrance, but Mapp, telephoning her attorney, refused to admit them without a warrant. The officers again sought entrance three hours later, after the arrival of more police. When Mapp did not respond, the officers broke the door open. Mapp’s attorney arrived but was denied access to his client. Mapp demanded to see the search warrant the police claimed to possess. When a paper supposed to be the warrant was held up by one of the officers. Mapp grabbed the paper and places it in her bosom. A struggle ensued and the paper recovered after Mapp was handcuffed for being belligerent. A mapp, officers, rule, against, without, warrant, police, paper, materials, unreasonable, three, states, state, seizures, searches, search, privacy, possession, obscene, mapp’s, fourth, federal, exclusionary, evidence, entrance, enforceable, door, demanded, court, convicted, attorney, applies, after, ‘a, words’, week