Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in refusing to grant petitioner a COA to appeal from a judgment of the District Court denying Federal Habeas relief?

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred 7 , in refusing to grant petitioner a COA to appeal from a judgment of / . the District Court denying Federal Habeas relief? 2. Whether a Fourteenth Amend. due process claim of prosecutorial| misconduct can be predicated on a prosecutor's prejudicial ‘use of a jigsaw puzzle (depicting a gun) to explain the "reasonable doubt" mo standard (in a case involving a shooting) notwithstanding the lack . of Supreme Court precedant condemning ‘the act? — . 3. Whether a Sixth Amend. claim of Ineffective Assistance of trial ‘counsel can be predicated upon an attorney's failure to object (on ee basis of state law grounds) to prosecutorial misconduct in a state . . court proceeding, although the instances of prosecutorial conduct : itself, are insufficient to establish a due process violation under the Federal Constitution? a 7 oo