te or the various States. From the standpoint of civil libertarians, reducing State power in the interest of individual liberty is a positive affirmation of the intent of the Framers. At the same time, handicapping the State and its authorized agents in pursuit of criminals and maintenance of order works against this goal.
Mapp, in which police executed a warrantless search of defendant's home and uncovered a collection of illegal pornographic materials, was decided in 1961 by the Warren Court; the Court held that Mapp's conviction for illegal possession of such materials should be overturned and that it was necessary for the States to exclude evidence seized in violation of the
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