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SIMS v. GEORGIA

No. 918, Misc.

384 U.S. 998 (1966)

SIMS v. GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

June 20, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Greenberg and James M. Nabrit III for petitioner. Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, and Carter A. Setliff, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted limited to Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 which read as follows:

"1. Whether petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by a conviction and sentence to death obtained on the basis of a confession made under inherently coercive circumstances within the doctrine of Fikes v. Alabama,

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