Keith v. Schaub

Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s habeas petition challenging her reckless homicide conviction on ground that state court improperly limited testimony of defendant’s psychologist about defendant’s history of abuse or about her mental state on day victim died. Issue regarding limitation of expert’s testimony was question of state law that could not be addressed in instant federal habeas petition. Moreover, instant state-court limitations on expert testimony about defendant’s mental state were constitutional, and plaintiff failed to cite to any case law to support her proposition that trial court was required to admit expert evidence regarding her mental state or her history of abuse as child.