Can a state prisoner be denied federal habeas corpus relief on the grounds that evidence obtained in an unconstitutional search or seizure was introduced at trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Briggs v. Swarthout, No. 2:12-cv-1756 AC (E.D. Cal. 2013):
Where a state has provided an opportunity for full and fair litigation of a Fourth Amendment claim, a state prisoner may not be granted federal habeas corpus relief on the ground that the evidence obtained in an unconstitutional search or seizure was introduced at trial. Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465, 482, 493 (1976).
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