The following excerpt is from Becker v. Anglea, No. 2:19-cv-00013 KJM GGH P (E.D. Cal. 2020):
The state court need not have cited to federal authority, or even have indicated awareness of federal authority in arriving at its decision. Early v. Packer, 537 U.S. 3, 8 (2002). Where the state court reaches a decision on the merits but provides no reasoning to support its conclusion, a federal habeas court independently reviews the record to determine whether habeas corpus relief
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