Supreme Court of the United States, 1968

Davis v. Mississippi

Davis v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 19, 1968
393 U.S. 821 (United States Reports)

Davis v. Mississippi

Opinion

Sup. Ct. Miss. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the first question presented by the petition which reads as follows: “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 appellate docket.

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