The following excerpt is from Trice v. Biter, Case No. 1:11-cv-00951-LJO-SKO-HC (E.D. Cal. 2014):
A state court's procedural or evidentiary ruling may be subject to federal habeas review if it violates federal law, either by infringing upon a specific federal constitutional or statutory provision or by admitting evidence so arbitrary or prejudicial that its admission rendered the trial fundamentally unfair and violated fundamental conceptions of justice. Perry v. New Hampshire,
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