Whether the federal district court should not have denied COA based on the substantial showing of the denial of the Sixth Amendment guarantees of the right to effective assistance of counsel in the criminal prosecution before the court?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED A. WHETHER THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT SHOULD NOT HAVE DENIED COA BASED ON THE SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING OF THE DENIAL OF THE SIXTH AMENDMENT GUARANTEES OF THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF _ COUNSEL IN THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION BEFORE THE COURT? B. WHETHER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, PROVIDES IN PERTINENT PART THAT, “NOR SHALL ANY STATE DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY, LAW, NOR DENY TO ANY PERSON WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS?” The Petitioner Demetrius Williams, is a prisoner in the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, presently housed at Raymond LaBorde Correctional Center, located in Cottonport, Louisiana. ; The respondents are John F. Rowley, District Attorney, St. Bernard Parish, 1101 W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, LA 70043. 2