The Supreme Court consolidated the cases Jackson v. Georgia and Branch v. Texas with the "Furman" decision, thereby invalidating the death penalty for rape; this ruling was confirmed post-"Gregg" in "Coker v. Georgia". The Court had also intended to include the case of "Aikens v. California", but between the time "Aikens" had been heard in oral argument and a decision was to be issued, the Supreme Court of California decided in "California v. Anderson" that the death penalty violated the state constitution; "Aikens" was therefore dismissed as moot, since this decision reduced all death sentences in California to life imprisonment.