What is the test for determining whether a state court's decision is incorrect or erroneous?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Alejandrez v. Hedgpeth, Case No.: 1:12-cv-00190-AWI-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2014):

incorrect or erroneous; the state court's decision must also be objectively unreasonable. Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510, 511 (2003) (citing Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. at 409).

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