McGautha v. California
McGautha v. California
398 U.S. 936; 90 S. Ct. 1846
(United States Reports)
Cases that cite this one
14 later published cases cite this decision.
- William Daye v. Attorney General of the State of New York and Eugene Le Fevre, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional Facility (2d Cir. 1982)
- Bartholomey v. State (Md. 1972)
- Carl Junior Hackathorn v. J. E. (Bill) Decker (5th Cir. 1971)
- Hayes v. State (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1998)
- Miles v. State (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1991)
- Leroy Brown v. Julius T. Cuyler, Supt., at S.C.I.G. (3d Cir. 1982)
- Ward v. State (Md. 1981)
- Joe Cephas Singleton v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections (5th Cir. 1974)
- Melvin Leroy Tyler v. Harold R. Swenson (8th Cir. 1971)
- Harris Percy Wynn v. Samuel L. Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Ga. (5th Cir. 1971)
- Donald Harold Bartz v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida (5th Cir. 1971)
- People v. Wilson (Cal. Ct. App. 1971)
- Clark v. Nickeson (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1971)
- George Robert Brown v. Russell Lash, Warden, Indiana State Prison (7th Cir. 1970)
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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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