In a federal habeas corpus application, what is the effect of the state court's application of its own evidentiary rules?
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The following excerpt is from Howard v. Martel, No. 2:11-cv-0991 JAM CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
4. The undersigned does not review the propriety of the state court's application of its own evidentiary rules. "[F]ederal habeas corpus relief does not lie for errors of state law." Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 67 (1991).
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