Luis Jimenez v. Hans Walker, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional Facility

How courts have described this case

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• holding that cumulative error claim must be fairly presented to state court to later be considered by feder al courts on habeas review
• explaining that while “[h]oldings—what is necessary to a decision—are binding,” “[d]icta—no matter how strong or how characterized— are not” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that court had interpreted Supreme Court precedent to “deem such ‘either/or’ adjudications as resting on the merits of the petitioner’s federal claim”
• “Holdings— what is necessary to a decision—are binding. Dicta—no matter how strong or how characterized—are not.” (citation omitted)
• describing examination of the “state court’s practice when faced with such a [procedural] bar” as part of the inquiry into whether a particular decision was procedural or merits-based
• “[I]solated phrases do not give the state court fair notice of a distinct cumulative-error claim.”

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