Bumper v. North Carolina

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1968-06-03

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Mr. Justice White, dissenting. When “consent” to a search is given after the occupant has been told by police officers that they have a warrant for the search, it seems reasonable to me for Fourth Amendment purposes to view the consent as conditioned on there being a valid warrant, absent clear proof that the consent was actually unconditional. The evidence in this record does not show unconditional consent with…

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