The petitioner was brought to trial in a North Carolina court upon a charge of rape, an offense punishable in that State by death unless the jury recommends life imprisonment.

Facts of the case Wayne Darnell Bumper was investigated and eventually arrested on charges of rape and felonious assault. During the investigation, police officials searched the ho

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Bumper v. North Carolina, 391 U.S. 543 (1968), was a U.S. Supreme Court case in which a search was struck down as illegal because the police falsely claimed they had a search warra

Two days after an alleged rape, four white police officers went to the widow’s house and her that they had a search warrant to search her house. She told them they could conduct

Jun 5, 2026 · In Bumper v. North Carolina, 391 U.S. 543 (1968), the Supreme Court held that a person’s “consent” to a police search means nothing when officers first claim t

The judgment of the Supreme Court of North Carolina is, accordingly, reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.

Argued April 24-25, 1968.—Decided June 3, 1968. Petitioner was tried for rape in North Carolina, an offense punish-able by death unless the jury recommends life imprisonment.

Officers went to the house of a grandmother to investigate a rape in which her grandson was suspected. The officers falsely asserted that they had a search warrant and the grandmot

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originate