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John Davis v. Mississippi, 60, Misc (1968)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States Number: 60, Misc Visitors: 25
Filed: Oct. 19, 1968
Latest Update: Feb. 21, 2020
Summary: 393 U.S. 821 89 S. Ct. 149 21 L. Ed. 2d 93 John DAVIS, petitioner, v. MISSISSIPPI. No. 60, Misc. Supreme Court of the United States October 14, 1968 Jack Greenberg, Michael Meltsner, Melvyn Zarr, Anthony G. Amsterdam and Jack Young, for petitioner. Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, and G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent. 1 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Mississippi granted limited to t
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393 U.S. 821

89 S. Ct. 149

21 L. Ed. 2d 93

John DAVIS, petitioner,
v.
MISSISSIPPI.

No. 60, Misc.

Supreme Court of the United States

October 14, 1968

Jack Greenberg, Michael Meltsner, Melvyn Zarr, Anthony G. Amsterdam and Jack Young, for petitioner.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, and G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

1

Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Mississippi granted limited to the first question presented by the petition which reads as follows:

2

'Whether the introduction into evidence at petitioner's criminal trial of his fingerprints, taken as a result of petitioner's illegal arrest, violated petitioner's rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments?' Case transferred to the appellate docket and placed on the summary calendar.

Source:  CourtListener

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