Ruben Campaneria v. Theodore Reid, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility, Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New York

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Ruben Campaneria appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Duffy, J., dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). After a jury trial in the Supreme Court of New York, Campaneria was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, N.Y. Penal Law § 125.20 (McKinney 1987), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, N.Y. Penal Law § 220.16 (McKinney 1980 & Supp.1989), criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, N.Y. Penal…