What is the test for habeas relief under the AEDPA?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Barno v. Hernandez, Civil No. 08cv2439-WQH (BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2012):
The AEDPA standard requires a high level of deference to state court decisions, such that a state decision that a claim lacks merit precludes federal habeas relief so long as " 'fairminded jurists could disagree' on the correctness of the state court's decision." Richter, 131 S.Ct. at 786 (quoting Yarborough v. Alvarado, 541 U.S. 652, 664 (2004)). Accordingly, to obtain federal habeas relief a state prisoner must
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