Supreme Court of the United States, 1970

McGautha v. California

McGautha v. California
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 1, 1970
398 U.S. 936; 90 S. Ct. 1846 (United States Reports)
McGautha v. California

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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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