Does the doctrine of federal habeas corpus relief lie for errors of state law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Flores v. Demskie, 215 F.3d 293 (2nd Cir. 1998):
It is evident from the cases hereafter cited that the doctrine, as thus set forth, is concurred in by a long line of consistent federal authority. See Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 67 (1991) ("[F]ederal habeas corpus relief does not lie for errors of state law" (citations and internal quotations omitted));
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