What is the standard for an excuse of failure to raise a constitutional objection?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Harris v. Vasquez, 943 F.2d 930 (9th Cir. 1991):

The standard already in existence was that an excuse of failure to raise a constitutional objection required a showing by the petitioner of both cause for the failure and prejudice resulting therefrom. Wainwright v. Sykes, 433 U.S. 72, 87-88, 97 S.Ct. 2497, 2506-07, 53 L.Ed.2d 594 (1977).

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