When a state court finds a constitutional error to be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, can a federal court grant habeas relief?
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The following excerpt is from Jackson v. Swarthout, No. 2:10-cv-0494-GEB-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2016):
harmless and "the petitioner must win." Id. at 436, 445. When, as here, a state court has found a constitutional error to be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, a federal court may not grant habeas relief unless the state court's determination is objectively unreasonable." Towery v. Schriro, 641 F.3d 300, 307 (9th Cir. 2010).
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