Max A. Niemann v. Robert Parratt, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex

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• holding that “rules of sentencing adopted by state courts do not ordinarily raise constitutional issues cognizable in habeas corpus proceedings,” although there are exceptions to this rule
• state sentencing rules ordinarily do not present cognizable issues in habeas corpus proceedings unless exceptional circumstances are present; state court is accorded great discretion in interpreting its own laws

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