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Petition of the day

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The petition of the day is:

13-592

Issue: Whether a federal court that bases its harmless error decision on the grave doubt rule of O’Neal v. McAninch can condemn a state courts harmless-error decision as so lacking in justification that there was an error well understood and comprehended in existing law beyond any possibility for fairminded disagreement, Harrington v. Richter, such that 28 U.S.C. 2254(d) will not bar federal habeas relief.

Cases: Stephens v. Gongora

Recommended Citation: Mary Pat Dwyer, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 8, 2014, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2014/01/petition-of-the-day-515/