Wright v. Duncan

SUMMARY ORDER

Deshard Wright appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, see 28 U.S.C. § 2254, which challenged his New York conviction for second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. We review the denial of a habeas petition de novo, see Freeman v. Kadien, 684 F.3d 30, 33 (2d Cir.2012), and here address the sole issue on which the district court granted a certificate of ap-pealability: Wright’s claim that he was denied his due process right to a fair trial by the trial court’s refusal to allow defense…