DAVIS v. MISSISSIPPI

No. 645.

394 U.S. 721 (1969)

DAVIS v. MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Zarr argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Jack Greenberg, Michael Meltsner, Anthony G. Amsterdam, and Jack Young.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment by a jury in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi. The only issue before us is whether fingerprints obtained from petitioner should have been excluded from evidence as the product of a detention which was illegal under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.

The rape occurred on the evening of December 2, 1965, at the victim...

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