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Mapp v. Ohio (No. 236)
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[ Clark ]
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[ Black ]
Concurrence
[ Douglas ]
Separate
[ Stewart ]
Dissent
[ Harlan ]
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STEWART, J., Separate Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES


367 U.S. 643

Mapp v. Ohio

APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO


No. 236 Argued: March 29, 1961 --- Decided: June 19, 1961

Memorandum of MR. JUSTICE STEWART.

Agreeing fully with Part I of MR. JUSTICE HARLAN's dissenting opinion, I express no view as to the merits of the constitutional issue which the Court today decides. I would, however, reverse the judgment in this case, because I am persuaded that the provision of § 2905.34 of the Ohio Revised Code, upon which the petitioner's conviction was based, is, in the words of MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, not "consistent with the rights of free thought and expression assured against state action by the Fourteenth Amendment."