Whether the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia failed to apply the applicable standards in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), and Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52 (1985), to determine if a plea is knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made. What, when a defense attorney lied to his client, misled by his client to accept a plea, he never should have accepted?

Also, whether the Court of Appeals failed to apply the applicable standards in Murray v. Giarratano, 492 U.S. 1 (1989), and McCleskey v. Zant, 499 U.S. 467 (1991), in determining whether a D.C. Code § 23-110 Motion is appropriate for defendants that were prevented by their issues and demonstrate that they accepted guilty circumstances from raising at the proper time?

Whether the Court of Appeals failed to apply the applicable standards