Terry v. Ohio

legal principle, is the exclusionary clause which under Constitutional law, holds that evidence collected or analyzed in violation of defendants constitutional rights is not permitted for use in criminal persecutions. Sparked by the famous case Mapp v. Ohio, the exclusionary rule has a fair share of critics who argue that police blunders let criminals go free. In the 1961 Supreme Court case, Dollree Mapp was convicted when police searched her house ,under a false warrant, for a suspected bomb…

Search and Seizure Before stepping into someone’s house or property, officers of the law must obtain a search warrant. This is outlined in the Fourth Amendment. Evidence collected at an unlawful search is usually inadmissible in court. Two Layton police officers violated the Fourth Amendment when they stepped in the house of Chelse Brierley to question and arrest her in Utah. She was a suspect in a hit-and-run DUI crash in 2013. The vehicle involved was spotted by a witness in Brierley’s…

The Mapp vs Ohio case first established in a small town located in Cleveland, Ohio on May 23, 1957. In that small town, three police officers arrived at a woman named Dollree Mapp’s home where she was suspected of harboring a potential bomber. The officers commanded Mapp to open up, but Mapp refused them unless a search warrant was presented. Agitated, the officers forced their way into Dollree Mapp’s home and found no suspect. Despite no suspect was found, officers came upon some allegedly lewd…

Supreme Court in the Gitlow v. New York case. In this case Benjamin Gitlow was a Socialist Party member and he was convicted of writing some revolutionary pamphlets in defiance of the New York’s Criminal Anarchy Act. Gitlow’s argument was that New York’s law violated the First Amendment which protects citizen’s freedom of speech. The Supreme Court…

appearance during the U.S. Supreme court case Weeks v. United States (1914). Freemont Weeks was arrested under suspicion of using the U.S. mail to transmit lottery tickets. The purpose for this rule can be looked at like a way for law enforcements to conduct searches and seizures that do not violate the Fourth Amendment and individuals that have had their rights violated. This legal rule first made its appearance during the U.S. Supreme court case Weeks v. United States (1914). Freemont Weeks…

On Friday 11, 2016 at approximately 11:45, strands of hair were examined under a microscope to determine which suspects were at the scene of the crime. At 2:00am, a woman arrived home and caught two burglars in her house. She tried to run but she was attacked. She has no memory of her attackers. The purpose of our lab work is to find out who attacked the women by examining hair found at the crime scene. The hair evidence was collected at the crime scene and sent to us to examine. Hair from…

Ohio allowed the American criminal justice system to realize that there was still a communication problem between federal and state departments of justice. “At the time of the case unlawfully seized evidence was banned from federal courts but not state courts” (Mapp v. Ohio Podcast). When there is a deviation between the two systems, in certain cases, then problems can arise. In this…

his house he was immediately arrested. Chimel told the officers he denied the officers to search his house without a search warrant. The officer proceeds to search the house checking everywhere from bedrooms all the way to the attic. 3.Issues- Chimel v. California, 395. U.S. 752…

camp, co-ed volleyball league, NFL flag football and others. Adults - serenity yoga, zumba, line dancing, and insanity - fitness class. For the older adults are wii bowling, yoga, line dancing and transportation connection. (Welcome to Olmsted Falls, Ohio). For all ages of residents in Olmsted Township there is Bradley Woods Reservation in Westlake a few miles down the road provided by the Cleveland Metroparks. In this reservation there are a few trails, water fountain and a small park for…

Media is one of the most powerful weapons known to mankind. It has the ability to influence and even control the way the general public thinks and consequently behaves. The media coverage of shooting at Kent State University in 1970 is a prime example of the power that media has over the general public. The media coverage led to an immediate backlash from individuals all over the country, including those who supported the protesters as well as those who supported the National Guard. The news…