Does the Due Process Clause bar federal courts from conducting a finely tuned review of state evidentiary rules?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Blount v. Davey, No. 1:16-cv-01653-DAD-SKO HC (E.D. Cal. 2018):
(9th Cir. 1995). "[T]he Due Process Clause does not permit the federal courts to engage in a finely tuned review of the wisdom of state evidentiary rules." Marshall v. Lonberger, 459 U.S. 422, 438 n. 6 (1983).
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