Enter Ms. Mapp. After losing an appeal at the state level, her case went to the U.S. Supreme Court. Livening an already lively “Mapp v. Ohio": Guarding Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures ...
1957—Three Cleveland police officers arrive at Dolly Mapp’s home seeking a suspect wanted in connection with a recent bombing. After Mapp refuses to admit them, the police forcibly enter and search ...
WASHINGTON — A woman who stood up to police trying to search her Ohio home in 1957 and ultimately won a landmark Supreme Court decision on searches and seizures has died. Dollree Mapp died Oct. 31 in ...