In Stone v. Powell (1976), the Supreme Court decided that state prisoners could not use federal habeas corpus petitions to raise any ______________ issues as long as they had been provided "a full and fair opportunity" to litigate those issues in the state courts

a. cruel and unusual punishment
b. self-incrimination
c. Fourth Amendment
d. federal constitutional

C

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