The following excerpt is from Fowler v. Knipp, No. 2:11-cv-0911 JAM AC P (E.D. Cal. 2014):
17. See Cunningham v. California, 549 U.S. 270 (2007) (finding that California's determinate sentencing law authorizing a judge and not a jury to find facts that elevate the sentence violated the Sixth Amendment).
18. Any errors of state law in the admission of the children's pretrial statements, as prior inconsistent statements or on other grounds, do not state cognizable claims for federal habeas relief. See Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 67-68 (1991) ("[W]e have repeatedly held that 'it is not the province of a federal habeas court to reexamine state-court determinations on state-law questions.'").
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