Whether a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is exhausted when the state-court pleading asserted that appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to an error

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is exhausted when the state-court pleading asserted that appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to an error. II. Whether a court of appeals is bound by a mistaken concession on a legal issue by the petitioner’s counsel at oral argument. i LIST OF ALL PROCEEDINGS 1. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, 0108-0973 2/3 Commonwealth of Pa. v. Rondell Slaughter (June 19, 2003) 2. Superior Court of Pa., 1974 EDA 2003 Commonwealth of Pa. v. Rendell Slaughter a/k/a Rondell Slaughter (May 16, 2006) 8. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Commonwealth of Pa. v. Rondel] Slaughter (April 8, 2010) 4. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Commonwealth of Pa. v. Rondel] Slaughter (July 8, 2011) 5. Superior Court of Pa., 2036 EDA 2011 Commonwealth of Pa. v. Rondell Slaughter (Oct. 26, 2012) 6. Superior Court of Pa., 367 EDA 2013 Commonwealth of Pa. v. Rondell Slaughter (Jan. 25, 2016) 7. Supreme Court of Pa., 100 EAL 2016 Commonwealth of Pa. v. Rondell Slaughter (July 19, 2016) 8. U.S. District Court E.D. Pa., 216-cv-4143 Rondell Slaughter v. Cynthia Link et al. (April 30, 2018) 9. U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit, Rondell Slaughter v. Superintendent Phoenix SCI et al. (Sept. 8, 2020) ii