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McGautha v. California 402 U.S. 183 (1971) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the accused’s rights were not infringed by imposition of the death penalty without governing standards.McGautha was overruled one year later by Furman v. Georgia which held that sentencing discretion must be narrowed so as to minimize the risk of wholly arbitrary and capricious action.