Gallipolis, Ohio

“We are but parts of a whole, and therefore there must exist a power somewhere to preside, and preserve the connexion due order. This power is lodged in the Parliament; and we are as much dependent on Great Britain as a perfectly free people can be on another” (Dickinson). John Dickinson was a patriot until 1776, when he started to question if the colonists really needed to break away from England. He supported colonial rights, but did not support independence from Britain. Dickinson was one out…

The French and Indian War, which was also known as the Seven Years War, was the conflict in which the British fought against the French and their allies, the Indians. The war actually lasted more than seven years, stretching unofficially from 1754 to 1763. The French and Indian War was important because it planted the idea of one specific country controlling the entire land of the New World. Although the British struggled in the early years of the war, Great Britain, along with the American…

The Fathers of Modern Aviation were born in the heart of the American Midwest in 1867 and 1871. Their names were Orville and Wilbur Wright, two brothers that would go on to build and fly the first airplane. Their parents, Milton and Susan, were of English and German ancestry. Orville and Wilbur were just two of the seven children born into the Wright family. Orville was the second youngest and Wilbur was born just before him. Orville was quite mischievous in school and often got in trouble,…

Annie oakley Do you know who annie oakley was ? If not than you might find this intrusting.If you do than you might learn something that you dident know.phoebe ann mosey was born on augest 13 1860 in darke county ohio.as a young girl she enjoyed playing in the cornfields and medows around her log cabin.one day she got tired of her name being phoebe so she told her parents that she wanted to change her name to annie .her parents agreed and to her brother and sisters phoebe became annie .sadly…

upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." This action performed by the police officers reminds me of the supreme court case, Mapp V. Ohio. Mapp V. Ohio was about how a lady named, Dollree Mapp was convicted for having obscene materials after a admittedly illegal police search of her home for a fugitive. She argued that it was constitutional and the first amendment gave her the right to…

The legal significance of "reasonable suspicion" to stop and frisk an individual versus "probable cause" to arrest and individual. Reasonable suspicion is the presumption a crime has been committed or will happen. Based on the evidence informed by police officers experience and interpretation. But, is less than probable cause to an arrest. Probable cause, holds a belief given by facts and more of concrete evidence of a crime. For example, police need reasonable suspicion to stop and frisk and…

question was never located on the premise. It was during this unlawful search of the home however that members of the police found “certain lewd and lascivious books, pictures, and photographs in violation of § 2905.34 of Ohio's Revised Code” (Mapp v. Ohio) in her basement. Miss Mapp was…

related to Miranda v Arizona. In 1971, case Harris v. New York, the Supreme Court ruled that a statement taken before a Miranda Warning could be used in court to show a suspect was generally not truthful. (Burgan, M. pg 72). Used as a inadmissible confession as the defendant testified that he as innocent but said differently to the police. In a five to four vote, the Supreme Court affirmed the conviction in Harris v New York. (Hogrogian, J. pg . 92) Another case influences by Miranda v.…

The legal precedent for what is known today as Stop and Frisk is a result of the Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio (1968). In 1963, John W. Terry was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio and charged with possession of a concealed weapon. A police officer, acting on suspicion that Terry was planning to commit a robbery, detained him and patted him down. Terry and his lawyers claimed that his constitutional rights against unreasonable search and seizure were violated because the police officer did not have…

Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Facts Police officers in Cleveland, Ohio forced their way into Dollree Mapp’s home without a search warrant after being refused admission. The officers believed there was a suspect and equipment from a bombing-case in the home. The officers conducted a thorough search and found literature that could be used against Mapp for a conviction. The Ohio Supreme Court upheld Mapp’s conviction. The American Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief on behalf of Mapp to the Supreme…