Dollree Mapp

Dollree Mapp
Born
Dollree Mapp

October 30, 1923 (1923-10-30)
Forest, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedOctober 31, 2014(2014-10-31) (aged 91)
Conyers, Georgia, U.S.
Burial placeQueens, New York, U.S.
Other namesDolly
Known forAppellant in Mapp v. Ohio
Criminal charge(s)Possession of Obscene Material and Possession of Illegal Drugs
SpouseJimmy Bivins
PartnerArchie Moore
ChildrenBarbara Bivins
RelativesCarolyn Mapp

Dollree Mapp (October 30, 1923 – October 31, 2014) was the appellant in the Supreme Court case Mapp v. Ohio (1961). She argued that her right to privacy in her home, the Fourth Amendment, was violated by police officers who entered her house with what she thought to be a fake search warrant.[1] Mapp also argued that the Exclusionary Rule was violated due to the collection of the evidence that was found after the police had entered her house without a convincing search warrant according to Mapp's experience.[2] In the Supreme Court case, Mapp v. Ohio, the decision was made in favor of Mapp, in a 6–3 ruling.[3] As a result of the ruling in Mapp v. Ohio, Mapp's conviction was voided.[4] A few years after Mapp v. Ohio was ruled upon, Mapp was convicted again, but this time for the possession of narcotics.[4] After her prison sentence had ended, she began working "for a non-profit that provided legal assistance to inmates."[4]

  1. ^ Yardley, William (2014-12-09). "Dollree Mapp, Who Defied Police Search in Landmark Case, Is Dead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  2. ^ "Mapp v. Ohio". Oyez. Archived from the original on 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  3. ^ "Mapp v. Ohio". Oyez. Archived from the original on 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  4. ^ a b c "Dollree Mapp, 1923-2014: "The Rosa Parks of the Fourth Amendment"". The Marshall Project. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2019-11-15.