Can a state court's findings that support the same defense theory presented at trial be prejudicial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Staten v. Davis, 962 F.3d 487 (9th Cir. 2020):
Analogous case law, unpersuasively relied on by the majority, confirms that habeas evidence can be prejudicial when it supports the same defense theory presented at trial. Vega v. Ryan , 757 F.3d 960, 974 (9th Cir. 2014), for example, held "that the state court's findings that [the victim's
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