Hudson

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Michael W. Hudson appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging his conviction for four counts of robbery with use of a knife and one count of attempted robbery. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 , and we affirm.

Hudson’s request to expand the record to include “Exhibit A” to his opening brief is denied.

Hudson contends that his constitutional rights were violated by the admission of evidence regarding a 1986 robbery. Because the admission of this evidence did not render the trial fundamentally unfair, we reject this contention, and conclude that no evidentiary hearing was required. See Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 68-70 , 112 S.Ct. 475 , 116 L.Ed.2d 385 (1991). Hudson contends that a jury instruction regarding possession of stolen property violated his right to due process. We conclude that the jury instructions, viewed as a whole, did not violate Hudson’s right to due process. See Estelle, 502 U.S. at 71-73 , 112 S.Ct. 475 . Next, Hudson contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We conclude that the representation of counsel was reasonable. See…