context: (1) (a) When a state court utilizes a legal test contrary to that endorsed by the Supreme Court, may we affirm the denial of federal habeas relief if the ultimate decision of the state court (but not its reasoning) is consistent with precedent of the Supreme Court?
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: affirming denial of federal ha-beas relief where de novo review of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim showed that the conduct did not rise to the level of a constitutional violation
citation_a.sentence: See Cooper-Smith v. Palmateer, 397 F.3d 1236 (9th Cir.2005) (affirming denial of federal ha-beas relief where de novo review of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim showed that the conduct did not rise to the level of a constitutional violation); cf. Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362, 406, 120 S.Ct. 1495, 146 L.Ed.2d 389 (2000) (“A state-court decision will also be contrary to this Court’s clearly established precedent if the state court ... arrives at a result different from our precedent.”); Hernandez v. Small, 282 F.3d 1132, 1140 (9th Cir.2002) (“[T]he intricacies of the state court’s analysis need not concern us; what matters is whether the decision the court reached was contrary to controlling federal law.”).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.parenthetical: "A state-court decision will also be contrary to this Court's clearly established precedent if the state court ... arrives at a result different from our precedent."
citation_b.sentence: See Cooper-Smith v. Palmateer, 397 F.3d 1236 (9th Cir.2005) (affirming denial of federal ha-beas relief where de novo review of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim showed that the conduct did not rise to the level of a constitutional violation); cf. Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362, 406, 120 S.Ct. 1495, 146 L.Ed.2d 389 (2000) (“A state-court decision will also be contrary to this Court’s clearly established precedent if the state court ... arrives at a result different from our precedent.”); Hernandez v. Small, 282 F.3d 1132, 1140 (9th Cir.2002) (“[T]he intricacies of the state court’s analysis need not concern us; what matters is whether the decision the court reached was contrary to controlling federal law.”).