McGautha v. California
Dennis Councle 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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- Leroy Brown v. Julius T. Cuyler, Supt., at S.C.I.G.
- Ward v. State
- Joe Cephas Singleton v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
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- Hayes v. State
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- William Daye v. Attorney General of the State of New York and Eugene Le Fevre, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional Facility
- Leroy Brown v. Julius T. Cuyler, Supt., at S.C.I.G.
- Ward v. State
- Joe Cephas Singleton v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
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