I.
Whether petitioner's trial counsel was ineffective at the guilt-innocence stage, in violation of the Sixth Amendment, in failing to request jury instructions on lesser-included offenses that were strongly supported by the trial evidence and would have significantly reduced petitioner's punishment exposure, and without consulting him on the matter.

II.
Whether the Fifth Circuit has ignored this Court's directive on how to apply the COA standard of review and erred in summarily denying a COA in a single-judge order, particularly when two judges on Texas' highest court would have granted relief on petitioner's constitutional claim.

Whether petitioner's trial counsel was ineffective