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Mapp v. Ohio - Quiz
Contributed by: Drew
  • 1. What is the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Mapp v. Ohio primarily about?
A) Establishing the right to bear arms
B) Defining the rights of federal employees
C) Applying the exclusionary rule to the states
D) Regulating interstate gambling operations
  • 2. Which principle did the Supreme Court use to incorporate the Fourth Amendment into the Fourteenth Amendment?
A) Judicial review
B) Selective incorporation
C) State sovereignty
D) Common law precedent
  • 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) Weeks v. United States
B) Boyd v. United States
C) Rochin v. California
D) Wolf v. Colorado
  • 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) The exclusionary rule was prohibited in state courts
C) It was not a departure from due process to allow states to introduce illegally obtained evidence
D) State officers must follow the same rules as federal officers
  • 5. Before 1924, what was the primary legal remedy for individuals whose Fourth Amendment rights were violated?
A) Having the evidence excluded from court
B) Petitioning the state governor for a pardon
C) Suing the officers involved for damages or replevin
D) Asking the Supreme Court for an injunction
  • 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) Lack of a written warrant
C) The severity of the crime committed
D) Conduct that shocked the conscience
  • 7. What did police claim they were looking for when they first arrived at Mapp's home?
A) Pornographic materials
B) A suspect named Virgil Ogletree
C) Shondor Birns
D) Illegal betting slips
  • 8. What happened when Mapp was initially shown a piece of paper the police claimed was a warrant?
A) She accepted it and allowed the search
B) She burned it in the fireplace
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) Harboring a fugitive
B) Possession of numbers-game paraphernalia
C) Illegal gambling operations
D) Possession of a pistol
  • 10. What was the final charge for which Mapp was convicted and sentenced to prison?
A) Attempted shakedown of Don King
B) Assault on a police officer
C) Possession of lewd and lascivious materials
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 evidence was found in a common area
C) The police had not used brutal force
D) The police had actually obtained a valid warrant
  • 12. Which Amendment's Due Process Clause was used to incorporate the exclusionary rule?
A) Fourteenth Amendment
B) Fourth Amendment
C) Sixth Amendment
D) Fifth Amendment
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