What is the test for determining whether a conviction violates due process?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Godwin v. Davey, Case No.: 3:16-cv-02650-BAS-KSC (S.D. Cal. 2017):

conviction violates due process." Estelle, 502 U.S. at 72 (internal citations omitted); see also Windham v. Merkle, 163 F.3d 1092, 1103 (9th Cir. 1998) ("[The federal court's] role is limited to determining whether the admission of evidence rendered the trial so fundamentally unfair as to violate due process.").

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