What is the test for habeas corpus relief against a prosecutor's misconduct in a criminal case?
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The following excerpt is from Rodriguez v. Hatton, No. 1:16-cv-00180-JLT (HC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
In any case, the claim is without merit. A petitioner is entitled to habeas corpus relief if the prosecutor's misconduct "so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process." Donnelly v. DeChristoforo, 416 U.S. 637, 643 (1974). To
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