Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability to the following issue: Whether Miss. Code Section 99-17-1 which requires Mississippi criminal cases to be tried “no later than two hundred seventy (270) days after the accused has been arraigned,” unless good cause can be shown for a continuance duly granted by the Court, has been modified by Mississippi Court so said statute, as modified, contradicts clearly established decisions of the United States Supreme Court.