What is the scope of federal habeas review of a state court's application of aggravating factors?

Federal habeas review of a state court's application of aggravating factors is limited to determining whether the state court's finding "was so arbitrary or capricious as to constitute an independent due process or Eighth Amendment violation." Lewis v. Jeffers, 497 U.S. 764, 780, 110 S.Ct. 3092, 111 L.Ed.2d 606 (1990). We examine whether, "viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Id. at 781, 110 S.Ct. 3092 (emphasis in original) (internal quotations and quotations omitted).

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