Davis v. Mississippi

1969

Court: US Supreme Court

Facts: Police were rounding up young black men and fingerprinting them without cause for arrest. Davis was later arrested for rape on the basis of his fingerprint evidence.

Posture: Dunno... this is edited down to just one paragraph.

Issue: Was this an unreasonable seizure?

Holding: Yes.

Rule: The detention was not supported by probable cause.

Reasoning: Totally edited out.

Dicta: