Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal err in deferring to the state court finding that Mr. Long was not prejudiced by his trial counsel's failure to notify the court of his incompetency before allowing him to enter into a plea agreement?

QUESTION PRESENTED Mr. Long asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to notify the court of the contents of report that found he was incapable of assisting Jegal counse] _ in his own defense and should therefore undergo treatment of his psychosis in a secure, psychiatric facility outside of the general prison population. Mr. Long further asserts that as a. result of the acientific determination rendered by Dr. Pinkston, his legal counsel should not have counseled him to enter into a plea agreement nor should the plea agreement he eventually : entered into be considered valid, becanse there was no indication he had regained competency. QUESTION 1. Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal err in deferring to the state coust finding that Mr. Long was not prejudiced by his trial counsel's failure to notify the court of his incompetency before allowing him to enter into a plea agreement? | QUESTION 2. Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal err by sanctioning the District Court's departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings instituted to safeguard the right of the accused nat to be tried while incompetent? QUESTION 3. Can the plea of one who has been indubitabily determined incompetent be considered valid by a court of law in the United States of America? ;