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Mapp v. Ohio 367 US 643, 6 L ed 2d 1081, 81 S Ct 1684 (1961) VOTE: 6 (Black, Brennan, Clark, Douglas, Stewart, Warren) 3 (Frankfurter, Harlan, Whittaker) Opinion of the Court: Clark Concurring opinions: Black, Douglas, Stewart Dissenting opinion: Harlan FACTS: Dollree Mapp, a woman in her early twenties, was involved in myriad illegal activities which she carried on in her Cleveland home. For several months the police had attempted to shut down her operations, but apparently Mapp was tipped off because, each time police planned a raid, she managed to elude them. On 23 May 1957, police officers, led by Sgt. Carl Delau, tried to enter Mapp’s house, this time on the grounds that she was harboring a fugitive from justice. (The fugitive she was harboring was suspected of bombing the house of an alleged Cleveland numbers racketeer, Don King, who was later to become a prominent boxing promoter.) When the police arrived, Mapp refused to let them in because they did not have a search warrant. Delau returned to his car, radioed for a search warrant, and kept the house under surveillance. Three hours later, and with additional police officers, Delau again tried to enter. This time Mapp did not com