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    The Supreme Court granted the petitioner's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and his petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Mississippi. The writ of certiorari was limited to the question of whether the introduction into evidence at the petitioner's criminal trial of his fingerprints, which were taken as a result of an illegal arrest, violated the petitioner's rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The case was transferred to the appellate docket and placed on the summary calendar.

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    Filed: 1968-10-19 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 393 U.S. 821 Docket: 60, Misc

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    The Supreme Court granted the petitioner's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and his petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Mississippi. The writ of certiorari was limited to the question of whether the introduction into evidence at the petitioner's criminal trial of his fingerprints, which were taken as a result of an illegal arrest, violated the petitioner's rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The case was transferred to the appellate docket and placed on the summary calendar.

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    The Supreme Court granted the petitioner's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and his petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Mississippi. The writ of certiorari was limited to the question of whether the introduction into evidence at the petitioner's criminal trial of his fingerprints, which were taken as a result of an illegal arrest, violated the petitioner's rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The case was transferred to the appellate docket and placed on the summary calendar.

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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.

    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:

    '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.

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