1. Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in applying the
Esparza harmless error standard, instead of the
Brecht harmless error standard on federal habeas
review, when the state court failed to apply Chapman
on direct review.

2. Whether a trial court's erroneous denial of a
request for a self-protection instruction as to the
lesser included offenses of second-degree
manslaughter and reckless homicide may be deemed
harmless.

Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in applying the Esparza harmless error standard, instead of the Brecht harmless error standard on federal habeas review, when the state court failed to apply Chapman on direct review