Whether issuance of the writ is agreeable to the usages and principles of law, whether the State of New York Court of Appeals has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the Ex Post Facto Clause, whether the State of New York statute is punitive where it increased classification of the offense of 'Course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree' from a non-violent felony offense to a violent felony offense and thereby increased a punishment, whether an error of law or fact occurred below that constitutes a fundamental defect which inherently resulted in a complete miscarriage of justice

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