The following excerpt is from Victoria v. Muniz, No. 2:13-cv-02119-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2014):
1995) (quotation omitted). Moreover, even where a trial court errs in instructing the jury, habeas relief will be granted only where a petitioner establishes that the error "had substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury's verdict." Brecht v. Abrahamsom, 507 U.S. 619, 637 (1993).
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