Can a federal court grant habeas relief against a state court's decision not to grant it?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Shaw v. Allison, Case No.: 1:10-cv-02059-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2013):
Consequently, a federal court may not grant habeas relief simply because the state court's decision is incorrect or erroneous; the state court's decision must also be objectively unreasonable. Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510, 511 (2003) (citing Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. at 409). In
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