Did trial counsel violate Adams's right to choose the objective of his defense when he conceded guilt over his express objection?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Adams's trial counsel asked him if he could present a manslaughter defense instead of arguing justifiable homicide. Adams told counsel he did not agree with a manslaughter defense because he believed his actions were justified. Even so, counsel conceded guilt in his closing argument without Adams’s consent: (A) Did trial counsel violate Adams’s right to choose the objective of his defense when he conceded guilt over his express objection? (B) Was Adams entitled to stay his federal proceedings while he exhausted his substantive constitutional claim in the state courts? (C) Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously conclude that | La. C. Cr. P. art. 930.8 precluded Adams from post-conviction | or habeas relief because he did not file his McCoy claim within 2 years of the finality of his conviction and sentence? ii