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- Title: Mcgautha v. California
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 03, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 144 KB
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Petitioners McGautha and Crampton were convicted of murder in the first degree in the courts of California and Ohio respectively and sentenced to death pursuant to the statutes of those States. In each case the decision whether the defendant should live or die was left to the absolute discretion of the jury. In McGauthas case the jury, in accordance with California law, determined punishment in a separate proceeding following the trial on the issue of guilt. In Cramptons case, in accordance with Ohio law, the jury determined guilt and punishment after a single trial and in a single verdict. We granted certiorari in the McGautha case limited to the question whether petitioners constitutional rights were infringed by permitting the jury to impose the death penalty without any governing standards. 398 U.S. 936 (1970). We granted certiorari in the Crampton case limited to that same question and to the further question whether the jurys imposition of the death sentence in the same proceeding and verdict as determined the issue of guilt was constitutionally permissible. Ibid. For the reasons
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