McGautha v. California
398 U.S. 936 | SCOTUS | 1970
26 L. Ed. 267
Dennis Councle McGAUTHA, petitioner,
v.
CALIFORNIA.
No. 486, Misc.
Supreme Court of the United States
June 1, 1970
1
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition which reads as follows:
2
'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?'
3
Case transferred to the appellate docket and placed on the summary calendar.