Whether defense counsel performs unreasonably under the Sixth Amendment if their pre-trial and trial investigations and strategies are based on their belief in the impossible, a belief that leads counsel to not even consider consulting with an expert, and not investigating if certain evidence could be challenged.

Whether a court's decision to grant a Certificate of Appealability on only some parts of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim conflicts with cumulative analysis required by both the deficient performance and prejudice prongs of Strickland v. Washington.

It is long overdue that this Court defines exactly what "overwhelming evidence" is and what test or standard must be applied before a court can determine there is overwhelming evidence against a defendant.

Whether defense counsel performs unreasonably under the Sixth Amendment