Where a State Court fail to adjudicate an issue properly raised and argued in a post conviction petition and on appeal, can the absence of a res judicata bar constitute cause for purposes of filing a successive petition. Or, does the fact that an issue was presented in an initial petition in and of itself prevent a petitioner from raising it again no matter the circumstances?

Does counsel's performance fall below prevailing professional norms and become prejudicial, where counsel acquiesced in the court's failure to properly instruct the jury?

Where a State Court fail to adjudicate an issue properly raised and argued in a post conviction petition and on appeal, can the absence of a res judicata bar constitute cause for purposes of filing a successive petition, or does the fact that an issue was presented in an initial petition in and of itself prevent a petitioner from raising it again no matter the circumstances?