Kerby Keane Keller v. David Larkins

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• holding that admission of evidence may violate due process where the evidence is so inflammatory as to “undermine the fundamental fairness of the entire trial’’
• holding that the admissibility of evidence is generally a question of state law which is not cognizable under habeas review
• holding that admission of evidence may violate due process where the evidence is so inflammatory as to “undermine the fundamental fairness of the entire trial”
• holding that admission of evidence may violate due process where the evidence is so inflammatory as to “undermine the fundamental fairness of the entire trial”
• concluding that counsel’s alleged failure to object to admission of incriminating evidence was not prejudicial because evidence would have been admitted anyway, since under state law, testimony was admissible
• holding that petitioner’s federal due process claim is procedurally defaulted and thus foreclosed from habeas review because the claim was not fairly presented in state court and the statute of limitations for filing another PCRA petition has expired

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