Bumper v. North Carolina, No. 1016 (U.S. Supreme Court) (391 U.S. 543; 88 S.Ct. 1788) (June 3, 2068) (Justice Stewart)
Case held that when the prosecution seeks to rely on consent to justify the lawfulness of a search, it has the burden of proving the consent was freely and voluntarily given and cannot rely on mere acquiescence to authority.
In this case the Court held that the consent given by ...
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