The following excerpt is from George v. Almager, 674 F.Supp.2d 1160 (S.D. Cal. 2009):
919 (9th Cir.1991) ("We are not a state supreme court of errors; we do not review questions of state evidence law."). However, a violation of federal due process rights may give rise to a claim for federal habeas corpus relief, notwithstanding that the alleged violation coincides with a determination of state law. See Estelle, 502 U.S. at 67, 112 S.Ct. 475; McKinney v. Rees, 993 F.2d 1378, 1378 (9th Cir.1993). The issue in such cases is "whether the state proceedings satisfied [federal] due process; the presence or absence of a state law violation is largely beside the point." Jammal, 926 F.2d at 919-20 (citations omitted).
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