Is a federal sentencing error under state law an actionable in federal habeas corpus?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kenyon v. Hill, No. 2:11-cv-01330 TLN GGH P (E.D. Cal. 2013):
To the extent that petitioner alleges a sentencing error under state law (unlawfully duplicating sentences for the same act), not only is such an alleged error one of state law and not actionable in federal habeas corpus, Rhoades v. Henry, 638 F.3d 1027, 1053 (9th Cir. 2011)
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