(DOWNLOAD) "Bumper v. North Carolina" by Supreme Court of the United States # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Bumper v. North Carolina
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 03, 1968
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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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. Among the items of evidence introduced by the prosecution at the trial was a .22-caliber rifle allegedly used in the commission of the crime. The jury found the petitioner guilty, but recommended a sentence of life imprisonment. The trial court imposed that sentence, and the Supreme Court of North Carolina affirmed the judgment. We granted certiorari to consider two separate constitutional claims pressed unsuccessfully by the petitioner throughout the litigation in the North Carolina courts. First, the petitioner argues that his constitutional right to an impartial jury was violated in this capital case when the prosecution was permitted to challenge for cause all prospective jurors who stated that they were opposed to capital punishment or had conscientious