Stone v. Powell
United States Supreme Court
428 U.S. 465 (1976)
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Powell and other defendants, convicted in state court and affirmed on direct appeal, sought federal habeas corpus relief claiming their convictions rested on illegally obtained evidence; the Supreme Court granted certiorari to address whether federal habeas review remained available for such Fourth Amendment claims after full state-court review.
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Whether federal district courts should hear habeas corpus petitions based on claims that illegally obtained evidence was admitted at trial if there has been a full and fair review at the state level.