The following excerpt is from Sly v. Angelone, 132 F.3d 40 (9th Cir. 1997):
2 A federal habeas petitioner who was procedurally barred from raising his federal claims in a state court can nonetheless obtain review of those claims in federal court only if he can demonstrate cause for procedural default and actual prejudice attributable thereto. See Murray v. Carrier, 477 U.S. 478, 485 (1986). Sly has not raised or established any cause for the failure to object at trial, nor has be established actual prejudice stemming from the alleged evidentiary errors.
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