McGautha v. California
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Argued November 9, 1970 Decided May 3, 1971 |
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Majority by: Harlan Joined by: Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun Concurrence by: Black Dissent by: Douglas Joined by: Brennan and Marshall Dissent by: Brennan Joined by: Douglas and Marshall |
McGautha v. California, 402 U.S. 183 (1971) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state may not have unlimited challenge for cause of jurors who might have any objection to the death penalty. (See also Morgan v. Illinois (1992)).