STATE OF GA. v. DAVIS

36073, 36074.

246 Ga. 200 (1980)

269 S.E.2d 461

STATE OF GEORGIA et al. v. DAVIS; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 16, 1980.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellants. (Case No. 36073).

Millard C. Farmer, Jr., Joseph Nursey, Andrea I. Young, for Davis.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Assistant Attorney General, Jerry Willis, M. Francis Stubbs, for appellee (Case No. 36074).


BOWLES, Justice.

Curfew Davis, hereinafter petitioner, is an inmate at the Georgia State Prison at Reidsville under death sentence for murder. He filed a complaint in Tattnall Superior Court seeking appointment of counsel to represent him in a habeas action and also seeking funds to hire investigators, pay expert witnesses, and pay litigation expenses. He originally named only the State of Georgia and Charles Balkcom, Warden, as defendants but later amended to include...

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