Petition of the day

Thepetition of the dayis:

Issue:Whether a state court’s rejection of a claim of federal constitutional error on the ground that any error, if one occurred, was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt is an adjudicat[ion] on the merits within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. 2254(d), so that a federal court may set aside the resulting final state conviction only if the defendant can satisfy the restrictive standards imposed by that provision.