Whether a defendant in a state criminal case who is prohibited by state law from raising on direct appeal any claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, but who has a state right to raise such a claim in a first post conviction proceeding, has a federal constitutional right to guaranteed assistance of first post conviction counsel specifically with respect to his ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim.

Whether King was denied a Constitutional right to counsel?

Whether a defendant in a Louisiana state criminal case has a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in a first post-conviction proceeding to raise a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel