Is there any power to review the credibility of trial witnesses in a habeas proceeding?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Shores v. McCarthy, 857 F.2d 1478 (9th Cir. 1988):

Finally the district court correctly observed that it lacked the power in habeas proceedings to review the credibility of trial witnesses. Knaubert v. Goldsmith, 791 F.2d 722, 727 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 107 S.Ct. 228 (1986).

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