Can a petitioner seek federal habeas relief from a conviction or sentence from a state-court conviction and sentence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Montgomery v. Lozano, No. 2:20-cv-0515 AC P (E.D. Cal. 2020):
A petitioner may seek federal habeas relief from a state-court conviction or sentence "only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States." 28 U.S.C. 2254(a). Matters relating solely to the interpretation or application of state law are not cognizable on federal habeas review. Lewis v. Jeffers, 497 U.S. 764, 780 (1990) ("[F]ederal habeas corpus relief does not lie for errors of state law." (citations omitted)).
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