Whether the district court erred in denying a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Petitioner

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether the district court err in denying a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Petitioner, and by Holding that Petitioner's multiple interjections did not amount to a clear, unequivocal request to proceed pro se, violated Petitioner's rights under the Sixth Amendment, to Equal Protection and Due Process of Law recognized by this Court in Faretta v. California, and its progeny, and . : Conflict with Third Circuit Law Recognizing that the trial court's failure to conduct a Faretta hearing after a defendant assert his right to self-representation run afoul of the Sixth Amendment guarantees. Whether the district court correctly agreed that, "the record supports petitioner's : submission that he may not have been explicitly informed of his sentence exposure for the aggravated manslaughter charge?" If so, whether the district court err in concluding that, "trial counsel's deficient performance did not prejudice petitioner" within the meaning of Lafler v. Cooper, 132 §. Ct. 1376 (2012)? t