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By forcing their way into Mapp's home without proper papers this is clearly a violation. Our fourth amendment right protects us from unreasonable searches. If it wasn't for search warrants then police and other investigators could come into your home at any time and seize papers, objects, or anything else that could pass for evidence.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
In 1970, while living in Queens, Dolly’s home was again raided by the police this time with a valid search warrant. Police seized drugs and ‘stolen property’ from her home. She was sentenced to serve 20 years to life under new harsh drug laws. Dolly maintained that she was framed by the cops as payback for what happened in Cleveland.
Her supporters formed the Dollree Mapp Defense Committee and committed to fight for her freedom. In 1981, Hugh Carey, the Governor of New York, commuted Dolly’s sentence.
Case Summary
The Surpreme Court voted 6 to 3 in favor of Dollree Mapp. The high court said that the evidence obtained unlawfully, without a warrant cannot be used as evidence in court.
In the case of Mapp v. Ohio, Dollree Map was accused of holding a suspected bomber, Virgil Ogletree in her house. Police made their way through her home without showing a proper search warrant and they did not find Ogletree or any bombs. However, they did find gambling items as well as images they claimed to be "obscene" and arrested her for possession of said materials. She spent seven years in federal prison.
Dollree Mapp, age 37