1. Whether the decision by the federal court of appeals is correct as applied to the Petitioner regarding a certificate of appealability.

2. Does the ruling in Griffith v. Kentucky. 107 S. Ct. 708 concerning new constitutional rules applying retroactively to all cases, state or federal, pending on direct review or not yet final apply to a state constitution when it is amended to proclaim a "new rule."

3. Should a state be allowed to word their constitutional amendment(s) in such a way as to by-pass/arinul previously established federal case law rulings such as Griffith v. Kentucky. 107 S. Ct. 708?

Whether the decision by the federal court of appeals is correct as applied to the Petitioner regarding a certificate of appealability