Mapp v. Ohio, 367 US 643 (1961)
In Mapp v. Ohio, (1961), the US Supreme Court held, "All evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Federal Constitution is inadmissible in a criminal trial in a state court." The exclusionary rule prevents evidence gathered through illegal or unreasonable search and seizure of a suspect from being used to prosecute the suspect in court.
This Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure protection, established in Weeks v. US, 232 US 383 (1914), originally applied only to federal cases because the Supreme Court hadn't incorporated much of the Bill of Rights to the States in 1914.
The decision in Mapp affected the entire law enforcement community, but the original ruling has been modified by subsequent decision to allow exceptions based on "good faith" and several other grounds.
Supreme Court cases diminished the scope of the exclusionary rule?
Supreme Court cases diminished the scope of the exclusionary rule?
The Supreme Court created an exception to the exclusionary rule for searches conducted by school administrators.
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The 4th Amendment does not in itself provide remedies, however, the Supreme Court has determined that the only way to enforce any of the Bill of Rights in criminal cases, is by use of the exclusionary rule. Therefore, any information that is obtained as a result of an unlawful search or seizure is excluded from evidence and cannot be used at trial. This will typically be determined by the judge prior to trial in a motion to suppress hearing.
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1961The US Supreme Court extended the exclusionary rule to the state as a result of their decision in Mapp v. Ohio, 367 US 643 (1961). The rule was originally created and applied to the federal government in Weeks v. US, (1914).
The Supreme Court ruling that applied the principles developed in Weeks v. US to trials in state courts is Mapp v. Ohio (1961). In this case, the Court held that the exclusionary rule, which prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in court, is applicable to state criminal trials through the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause. This ruling expanded the protections of the Fourth Amendment to the states.
You don't 'submit evidence' to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court only rules on cases which have already been litigated, and does not hear witnesses or view evidence.