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Which Supreme Court ruling applied the principles developed in Weeks v US to trials in state courts?
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∙ 13y ago
The Supreme Court ruling that applied the principles developed in Weeks v. US to trials in state courts is Mapp v. Ohio (1961). In this case, the Court held that the exclusionary rule, which prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in court, is applicable to state criminal trials through the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause. This ruling expanded the protections of the Fourth Amendment to the states.
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∙ 13y agoMapp v. Ohio, (1961) applied the exclusionary rule developed in Weeks v. US, (1914) to the States. In Weeks, the Supreme Court held that federal courts could not use evidence obtained illegally by violating the defendant's Fourth Amendment rights to prosecute the person. Such evidence had to be excluded (hence, the "exclusionary" rule) at trial.
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Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
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