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 Lauder-dale 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. <p "b796-8…
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