Can a petitioner obtain habeas relief based on erroneous admission of evidence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Harris v. Ducart, No. 2:16-cv-16-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Holley v. Yarborough, 568 F.3d 1091, 1101 (9th Cir. 2009). A petitioner may, however, obtain habeas relief based on erroneous admission of evidence if he can show that the evidence "rendered the trial fundamentally unfair in violation of due process." Id. Nevertheless, "under AEDPA, even clearly erroneous admissions of evidence that render a trial fundamentally unfair
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