DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
1) Whether the sate court's decision to foreclose habeas review of a capital defendant's claim under McCoy v. Louisiana contravenes federal law because it holds that the Sixth Amendment autonomy right recognized in McCoy was a "logical extension" of the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at issue in Florida v. Nixon ?
2) Whether the state court's holding that Petitioner failed to make a prima facie case under McCoy violates core Sixth Amendment principles where there is no dispute that the individual insisted to his counsel that he is innocent but counsel nevertheless conceded his guilt?
Whether the state court's decision to foreclose habeas review of a capital defendant's claim under McCoy v. Louisiana contravenes federal law