CHRISTIE v. HOLLINS

Docket No. 03-2878.

409 F.3d 120 (2005)

Conway CHRISTIE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Melvin HOLLINS, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Scott, New York, N.Y. (David Crow, Andrew C. Fine, The Legal Aid Society, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellant.

Eliot Spitzer, N.Y. State Atty. General, New York, N.Y., Michael S. Belohlavek, Deputy Solicitor General, Robin A. Forshaw, Asst. Solicitor General, Laurie M. Israel, Asst. Atty. General, New York, N.Y., submitted a brief for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, POOLER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


JON O. 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...

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