Mapp v. Ohio: Difference between revisions

[[Dollree Mapp|Dollree "Dolly" Mapp]] was a young woman in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]] who in the mid-1950s became involved in the illegal gambling operations of mobster and racketeer [[Shondor Birns]], who dominated organized crime in the city.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yardley |first1=William |title=Dollree Mapp, Who Defied Police Search in Landmark Case, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/us/dollree-mapp-who-defied-police-search-in-landmark-case-is-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=1 November 2019 |date=9 December 2014}}</ref> On May 23, 1957, Cleveland police received an anonymous tip that a suspect named Virgil Ogletree might be found at Mapp's house, along with illegal betting slips and equipment employed in a "[[numbers game]]" set up by Mapp's boyfriend.<ref>Zotti, Priscilla. ''Injustice for All'' (Peter Lang, 2005).</ref> Ogletree was involved in the Cleveland illegal betting world, centered on the city's [[Downtown Cleveland#Short Vincent|Short Vincent]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Cleveland's Short Vincent: The Theatrical Grill and its Notorious Neighbors|last=Dutka|first=Alan F.|date=2012|publisher=Cleveland Landmarks Press|isbn=9780936760322|location=Cleveland|pages=26–33}}</ref> HeOgletree was wanted for questioning regarding his role in the bombing of the home of rival gambling racketeer (and future boxing promoter) [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]]'s—who homelater threebecame daysa earliermajor [[boxing]] promoter. Three policemen went to Mapp's home, and asked for permission to enter, but Mapp, after consulting her lawyer by telephone, refused to admit them without a [[search warrant]]. Two officers left, and one remained, watching the house from across the street.