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SMITH v. MISSISSIPPI

No. 667.

373 U.S. 238 (1963)

SMITH v. MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris B. Abram argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Melvin L. Wulf, Rowland Watts, Norman Dorsen and William L. Higgs.

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 of Mississippi.

PER CURIAM.

The petitioner was convicted of rape by a jury in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Mississippi, and sentenced to death. The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Mississippi. ___ Miss. ___, 139 So.2d 857. We granted petitioner's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and his petition for certiorari which presented several claims of alleged denial of rights secured to him by the Fourteenth Amendment. 371 U.S. 939. After oral...

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