1. Does the AEDPA require federal courts to apply a doublydeferential standard of review to the prejudice prong of the
Strickland analysis?

2. May a death sentence stand when the district court
erroneously applies § 2254(d) deference for the judiciallycreated "cause and prejudice" standard thus leading to
denials of a Certificate of Appealability on a critical Lockett
v. Ohio issue that would have been meritorious had direct
appeal counsel not been ineffective in failing to raise it?

3. Is a state court entitled to deference under § 2254(d) when
the merits adjudication ignores the fundamental principles
of Lockett v. Ohio and Eddings v. Oklahoma and permits
pros ecutors to deliberately exploit a jury instruction by
arguing a defendant's evidence must reduce his moral
culpability or blame for the crime to be considered
mitigating?

Does the AEDPA require federal courts to apply a doubly-deferential standard of review to the prejudice prong of the Strickland analysis?