McGautha v. California
McGautha v. California
398 U.S. 936; 90 S. Ct. 1846
(United States Reports)
McGautha v. California
Opinion
Sup. Ct. Cal. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition which reads as follows:
“1., Does California’s practice of allowing capital trial juries absolute discretion, uncontrolled by standards or directions of any kind, to impose the death penalty upon a defendant convicted of the crime of murder violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?”
Case transferred to appellate docket.
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