Whether Petitioner has shown a constitutional violation

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether, as a threshold matter, Petitioner has shown that his federal constitutional right to a fair trial and due process was violated by the prosecutor's misconduct at trial and thus a certificate of appealability should have been issued. 2. Whether Petitioner has met a threshold showing that he was denied his sixth amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel and thus a certificate of appealability should have issued. 3. Whether Petitioner has shown both cause for the procedural default that the state court found and actual prejudice for the constitutional violation.