Whether the exclusion of a habeas petitioner's proffered testimony on hearsay grounds violated the petitioner's federal constitutional rights to due process and a meaningful opportunity to defend against a criminal charge

question presented is: Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit should have granted a Certificate of Appealability to the habeas petitioner because the exclusion of the habeas petitioner’s proffered testimony purportedly upon hearsay grounds, contrary to New York State law, violated the federal constitution because the evidentiary ruling was unconstitutionally arbitrary and disproportionate, unconstitutionally denied the habeas petitioner his federal constitutional right to testify in his own behalf to be heard during the criminal trial process, and unconstitutionally denied the habeas petitioner his federal constitutional right to a meaningful opportunity to defend against a criminal charge? THE