What is the test for determining whether a sentence imposed on a defendant as a result of a "state-law error" constitutes a separate due process violation?
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The following excerpt is from Wren v. Ndoh, No. 2: 19-CV-0251 WBS KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2020):
committed state-law error," but whether the sentence imposed on the petitioner is "so arbitrary and capricious" as to constitute an independent due process violation. Richmond v. Lewis, 506 U.S. 40, 50 (1992).
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