Conway Christie v. Melvin Hollins, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility

JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal of the denial of a writ of habeas corpus concerns a claim that a state court’s exclusion of the testimony of a defense witness, given at a prior trial, resulted in a conviction obtained in violation of the constitutional right to a fair trial. Conway Christie appeals from the October 14, 2003, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Michael B. Mukasey, Chief Judge), denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to challenge his state court conviction for criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Mindful of…