What is the test for habeas relief from a conviction or sentence in a state court?
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The following excerpt is from Williams v. Neuschmid, No. 2:18-cv-2954-MCE-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
A petitioner is entitled to federal habeas relief from a state-court conviction or sentence "only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States." 28 U.S.C. 2254(a); Swarthout v. Cooke, 562 U.S. 216, 219 (2011) (per curiam). "[F]ederal habeas relief does not lie for errors of state law[.]" Lewis v. Jeffers, 497 U.S. 764, 780 (1990).
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