Question

What occurred as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Mapp vs Ohio (1961)?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is B. As a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Mapp v. Ohio, the court expanded the rights of the accused.

Explanation:

The Supreme Court ruling in Mapp v. Ohio in 1961 came to strengthen the rights of defendants in criminal cases in state courts. Thus, the Court established that the Fourth Amendment guarantee by which defendants have the right to protection against unreasonable searches and seizures (meaning by those searches carried out without a judicial order) was also applicable to the states, through the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In the case, Dollree Mapp had been convicted by the state of Ohio based on evidence obtained without the necessary search warrant, making the Supreme Court illegitimate all the evidence in the case.