Samuel Bice Johnson v. Steve Puckett, Commissioner James v. Anderson, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary State of Mississippi

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• holding contention not raised by habeas petitioner in district court cannot be considered for the first time on appeal from that court’s denial of habeas relief
• holding the failure to admit evidence amounts to a due process violation only when the omitted evidence is a crucial, critical, highly significant factor in the context of the entire trial
• “a showing of ‘interference by officials’ is sufficient to show cause for a procedural default”
• \[A] contention not raised by a habeas petitioner in the district court cannot be considered for the first time on appeal from that court's denial of habeas relief.\
• “[A] contention not raised by a habeas petitioner in the district court cannot be considered for the first time on appeal from that court’s denial of habeas relief.”
• “We have repeatedly held that a contention not raised by a habeas petitioner in the district court cannot be considered for the first time on appeal from that court’s denial of habeas relief.” (quotation marks and citation omitted)

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