Davis v. Balkcom, Warden

Supreme Court of Georgia. Certiorari denied.

The Chief Justice, with whom Mr. Justice Douglas joins,

has filed the following memorandum:

While it is not our custom to state reasons when deny-' ing a writ of certiorari, there are occasions when the gravity of the allegations in a petition makes it appropriate to state what the denial does not mean * in order to give assurance tb,at this Court is not insensible to charges of egregious violations of constitutional rights.

The denial of a writ of certiorari does not mean that this Court approves the decision below nor, in state criminal cases, that…