Following an adverse decision by a state supreme court in a criminal case, in order have a chance of invoking the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States, the defendant-appellant
A) must allege that the state prosecutor has treated the defendant unfairly and that the facts were improperly resolved against the interest of the defendant.
B) must allege all of the above to have a chance to get the Supreme Court of the United States to hear the appeal from the top state court.
C) must allege that some right guaranteed by the federal constitution, federal law or a United States treaty has been broken or breached by the conduct of the state government in the context of the state prosecution.
D) must follow the traditional notice of appeal process and in due course the case will be placed on the docket for oral argument in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.
E) needs to demonstrate that other people who were similarly situated were acquitted using the same level of evidence with which the defendant was convicted.
C
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