Did Trial Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Did Trial Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Request an Adequate Supplemental Credibility Instruction? II. Did Trial Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Request an Alibi Instruction? III. Did the Trial Court Violate Parra’s Right to Confrontation [Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 (1968)] by Admitting Co-defendant Arciga’s Extrajudicial Statements? IV. Did the Trial Court Prejudicially Fail to Instruct the Jury That the Codefendants and the Drug Sellers’ Extrajudicial Accomplice Statements Required Corroboration? V. Did the Trial Court Prejudicially Fail to Instruct the Jury on the Lesser Included Offenses of Second Degree Murder and Manslaughter? VI. Did the Trial Court Deprive Parra of Due Process and a Fair Trial by Failing to Instruct the Jury on SelfDefense? VII. Did the Trial Court Err by Failing to Provide Proper and Complete Jury Instructions on the Special Circumstance Allegations? VIII. Did the Combined Effect of the Errors Deprive Parra of His Constitutional Right to a Fair Trial? IX. Is an Evidentiary Hearing Warranted? 1 TOPICAL INDEX Page QUESTIONS PRESENTED .-2-0-1 CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS INVOLVED . 2