Bell v. Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc.

"[T]he fact that we might disagree with the state court's determination that the prosecutor's remarks did not deny Hennon due process because they are unlikely to have swayed the jury--might think the determination incorrect--would not carry the day for him." | "[T]he fact that we might disagree with the state court's determination that the prosecutor's remarks did not deny Hennon due process because they are unlikely to have swayed the jury — might think the determination incorrect — would not carry the day for him.” | “It doesn’t follow that the criterion of a reasonable determination is whether it is well reasoned. It is not. It is whether the determination is at least minimally consistent with the facts and circumstances of the case.” | specifically rejecting the Lindh court’s “care with which the state court considered the subject” test and stating that the appropriate question is “whether the determination is at least minimally consistent with the facts and circumstances of the case.”