Mapp v. Ohio

Mapp v. Ohio - Quiz

1. What is the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Mapp v. Ohio primarily about?

A) Regulating interstate gambling operations
B) Defining the rights of federal employees
C) Applying the exclusionary rule to the states
D) Establishing the right to bear arms

2. Which principle did the Supreme Court use to incorporate the Fourth Amendment into the Fourteenth Amendment?

A) Judicial review
B) Selective incorporation
C) Common law precedent
D) State sovereignty

3. Which Supreme Court case established that evidence obtained by federal officers in violation of the Fourth Amendment could not be used in federal proceedings?

A) Boyd v. United States
B) Weeks v. United States
C) Wolf v. Colorado
D) Rochin v. California

4. In the case Wolf v. Colorado, what did the Court conclude regarding the exclusionary rule and states?

A) States were legally required to adopt the exclusionary rule
B) State officers must follow the same rules as federal officers
C) It was not a departure from due process to allow states to introduce illegally obtained evidence
D) The exclusionary rule was prohibited in state courts

5. Before 1924, what was the primary legal remedy for individuals whose Fourth Amendment rights were violated?

A) Asking the Supreme Court for an injunction
B) Suing the officers involved for damages or replevin
C) Having the evidence excluded from court
D) Petitioning the state governor for a pardon

6. What criteria did the Supreme Court use between 1949 and 1961 to exclude evidence obtained by state officers?

A) Any violation of property rights
B) Conduct that shocked the conscience
C) Lack of a written warrant
D) The severity of the crime committed

7. What did police claim they were looking for when they first arrived at Mapp's home?

A) A suspect named Virgil Ogletree
B) Shondor Birns
C) Illegal betting slips
D) Pornographic materials

8. What happened when Mapp was initially shown a piece of paper the police claimed was a warrant?

A) She burned it in the fireplace
B) She accepted it and allowed the search
C) She snatched it and put it in her blouse
D) She called her lawyer to have it validated

9. Why was Mapp initially charged but acquitted following the police search of her home?

A) Possession of numbers-game paraphernalia
B) Illegal gambling operations
C) Possession of a pistol
D) Harboring a fugitive

10. What was the final charge for which Mapp was convicted and sentenced to prison?

A) Possession of lewd and lascivious materials
B) Attempted shakedown of Don King
C) Assault on a police officer
D) Operating an illegal gambling house

11. Why did the Supreme Court of Ohio affirm Mapp's conviction despite the illegal search?

A) Mapp had consented to the search
B) The police had not used brutal force
C) The police had actually obtained a valid warrant
D) The evidence was found in a common area

12. Which Amendment's Due Process Clause was used to incorporate the exclusionary rule?

A) Fourth Amendment
B) Sixth Amendment
C) Fourteenth Amendment
D) Fifth Amendment

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