Whether the 4th Circuit exceeded the limited scope of the COA analysis

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether the 4th Circuit exceeded the limited scope of the ; COA analysis which was an error, albeit Petitioner met the requirement showing of denial of a constitutional right and under 28 U.S.C. §2253(c)(2)? 2. Whether Petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel when his attorney permitted him to _ be tried in prison clothes, in spite of the state trial court warnings? 3. Whether Petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel when his attorney impeached him with inadmissible prior convictions which prejudiced the defense?