Reed v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States

October Term, 1967.

March 18, 1968

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1968-03-18

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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1968-03-18

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Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, and Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

¶1

The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for a writ of certiorari, certiorari is denied.

¶2

Mr. Justice DOUGLAS is of the opinion that the papers should be treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari and that certiorari be granted.