Who was the defendant in the mapp v Ohio 1962 case?

The Appellant, or Petitioner, in Mapp v. Ohio was Dolree "Dolly" Mapp, a Cleveland woman convicted of possessing obscene materials after police conducted an illegal search of her home because they thought she was harboring a suspect in the bombing of legendary boxing promoter Don King's home. The Appellee, or Respondent, was the State of Ohio, which was defending a challenge of the state statute under which Mapp was convicted as being constitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment.

The Fourth Amendment issue was introduced in an Amicus brief written by the ACLU, and not argued as part of the case before the Supreme Court.

Case Citation:

Mapp v. Ohio, 367 US 643 (1961)

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