Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to object to the introduction of the unredacted recording of the Petitioner’s interrogation, which resulted in the jury hearing (1) that the Petitioner had a prior record involving possession of a firearm and illegal drug activity; (2) that “people” had placed the Petitioner at the scene of the murder holding a gun (ie., hearsay testimony that violated the Petitioner’s Confrontation Clause rights); and (3) the interrogating officer’s repeated opinion that the Petitioner was lying when he asserted his innocence. il B. PARTIES INVOLVED The parties involved are identified in the style of the case. iii