Whether an initial post-conviction attorney's failure to raise a substantial claim of ineffective assistance of counsel could be considered reasonable under a Martinez v. Ryan, 566 Us 1 (2012), analysis thereby precluding relief under 28 Usc §2254.

Whether trial counsel's failure to request a lesser-included jury instruction based on an ignorant or incorrect knowledge of the relevant statutory law falls within the meaning of "deficient performance" under Strickland v. Washington, 466 Us 668 (1984).

Whether Mr. Decker's claim of actual innocence warranted relief under 28 USC § 2254.

Whether an initial post-conviction attorney's failure to raise a substantial claim of ineffective assistance of counsel could be considered reasonable under a Martinez v. Ryan, 566 US 1 (2012), analysis thereby precluding relief under 28 USC §2254