Can doubts in granting a Certificate of Appealability (COA) be resolved in favor of the appellant when considering the severity of his life sentence?

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Can doubts in granting a Certificate of Appealability (COA) be resolved in : favor of the appellant when considering the severity of his life sentence? 2. Is it debatable among jurists of reason that the appellant's counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the District Court's declaration of a ; mistrial? : 3. Is it debatable among jurists of reason that the appellant's counsel was ' ineffective for failing to file a motion for recusal or other written objections to the transfer order? : 4. Is it debatable among jurists of reason that the appellant's counsel was ineffective for failing to negotiate a plea after the mistrial? ' 5. Is it debatable among jurists of reason that the appellant's counsel was ineffective when he tcounsel) gave the appellant incorrect information regarding an open plea? ; 6. Is it debatable among jurists of reason that the appellant's counsel was ineffective at sentencing for failing to object to the miscaiculation of the sentencing guidelines? ii