The following excerpt is from Chilcote v. Sherman, Case No.: 3:17-cv-0061-GPC-PCL (S.D. Cal. 2017):
In reviewing a state court adjudication, a federal habeas court looks to the last reasoned state decision as the basis for the state court's final judgment. Barker v. Fleming, 423 F.3d 1085, 1091-92 (9th Cir. 2005) (citing Ylst v. Nunnemaker, 501 U.S.
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