The following excerpt is from White v. Frauenheim, No. 1:16-cv-01436-DAD-JLT (HC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
In addition, the state court determined that the admission of the evidence was proper under state law. "[A] state court's interpretation of state law, including one announced on direct appeal of the challenged conviction, binds a federal court sitting in habeas corpus." Bradshaw v. Richey, 546 U.S. 74, 76 (2005).
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