BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Stephen Dale Goode appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). On appeal, Goode argues only that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in failing to unearth and call at trial a witness whose existence has never been established and the substance of whose testimony is unknown. We affirm.
Goode was convicted, following a three-day trial in December...
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