Supreme Court of the United States, 1945

Simmons v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 5, 1945

324 U.S. 821; 65 S. Ct. 590 (United States Reports)

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Simmons v. State (Miss. 1944)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pau-peris is granted. The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. § 237 (a), Judicial Code, as amended, 28 U. S. C. § 344 (a). Treating the papers whereon the appeal was allowed as a petition for writ of certiorari as required by § 237 (c) of the Judicial Code, as amended, 28 U. S. C. § 344 (c), certiorari is denied.

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