What is the test for habeas as a result of prosecutor misconduct?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Flores v. Gomez, 9 F.3d 1551 (9th Cir. 1993):
Prosecutorial misconduct warrants habeas relief only where the misconduct "so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process." Darden v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 168, 181 (1986).
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