Weeks v. United States
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| Negotiated December 2nd and 3rd, 1913 |
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| Decided February 24, 1914 |
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| Week's home was searched without a judicial order and documents seized in the process were used as evidence in federal court. | ||||
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| The seizure of objects in private apartments without a court order violates the 4th Amendment and these objects may not be admitted as evidence before a federal court. | ||||
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| 4. Amendment to the United States Constitution |
Weeks v. United States , 232 US 383 (1914) , was a case heard orally before the Supreme Court of the United States on December 2 and 3, 1913 , and a unanimous judgment on February 24, 1914 ruled that property in private homes should be confiscated violates the 4th additional article of the Federal Constitution without a previous judicial decision and that these may not be used in federal courts .
This decision did not initially apply to the courts of the individual states; however, the court forbade the local police forces to pass on the items obtained in this way to their colleagues at the federal level.
In the later case of Mapp v. Ohio , 367 US 643 (1961) the decision was extended to state courts.