McGautha v. California

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.