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McGautha v. California
Citations: 398 U.S. 936; 90 S. Ct. 1846Docket: 486, Misc
Court: Supreme Court of the United States; June 1, 1970; Federal Supreme Court; Federal Appellate Court
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis was granted. The Supreme Court of the United States granted a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California, but limited it to the first question presented: whether California's practice of permitting capital trial juries to have absolute discretion—without any standards or guidance—in imposing the death penalty on a convicted murderer violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The case has been transferred to the appellate docket and placed on the summary calendar.