What binds a federal court sitting in habeas corpus?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ward v. McDowell, Case No.: 16cv3055-DMS-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2017):
one announced on direct appeal of the challenged conviction, binds a federal court sitting in habeas corpus"); Hicks v. Feiock, 485 U.S. 624, 630 n.3 (1988) (federal habeas courts may not disregard intermediate appellate state court's interpretation of state law, unless the federal court "is convinced by other persuasive data that the highest court of the state would decide otherwise") (citation and quotations omitted).
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