What is the effect of a state-court decision not to grant post-conviction relief?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mendoza v. Cate, No. 2:09-cv-1710 MCE DB P (E.D. Cal. 2021):
4. See Medley v. Runnels, 506 F.3d 857, 862 (9th Cir. 2007) ("On habeas review, we look through unexplained state-court decisions leaving, in effect, the denial of post-conviction relief to the last reasoned state-court decision to address the claim at issue.").
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