I. Was petitioner denied the effective assistance of counsel when defense counsel failed to object to irrelevant, inflammatory testimony that petitioner was a racist, a Wiccan "witch," and that he invoked his constitutional rights during custodial interrogation—aggravating facts which counsel magnified during his patently offensive closing argument?

II. Did the TCCA deny petitioner procedural due process by summarily denying his substantial ineffective assistance of counsel claim without requiring the trial court to make meaningful findings of fact and without articulating any legal analysis?

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