1. May a state court evaluate a Cronic claim under the more burdensome standard of Strickland? (Please see Memorandum Opinion below, Appendix Exhibit B here, p. 42). If not, does doing so prompt summary reversal?

2. Does an incarcerated defendant who cannot reach his appointed counsel first assert a speedy trial claim via a pro se motion explicitly requesting a speedy trial, or is the applicable date the later one in which the subject is raised in open court? (Please see Memorandum Opinion below, Appendix Exhibit B here, p. 19-20)?

Whether a state court may evaluate a Cronic claim under the more burdensome standard of Strickland