Which case involved the admissibility of physical evidence obtained during police misconduct?

• A. Mapp v. Ohio
• B. Weeks v. United States
• C. Wolf v. Colorado
• D. Miranda v. Arizona

Answer: (B)

The key idea is the exclusionary rule: evidence obtained through illegal searches or police misconduct cannot be used in court. Weeks v. United States is the case that first established this rule for federal courts. The Court held that physical evidence seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment is not admissible in federal proceedings, which directly addresses whether such evidence can be used when police misconduct has occurred.

While other cases relate to this topic, they address different aspects. Mapp v. Ohio extended the exclusionary rule to state courts (incorporation through the Fourteenth Amendment), Wolf v. Colorado allowed states some leeway before the rule was incorporated, and Miranda v. Arizona concerns right-to-counsel/interrogation warnings rather than the admissibility of physical evidence.