Shannon Miles Lancaster v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden
Privacy
Whether the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in declining to grant Petitioner a certificate of appealability, where the State PCR Court unreasonably applied clearly established federal law of Strickland, where defense counsel failed to investigate and advise Petitioner that evidence in the case against him could be challenged in a suppression motion pursuant to the South Carolina Homeland Security Act, since counsel's failure to advise Petitioner that he could challenge the admissibility of the recording was ineffective assistance rendering the plea involuntary and unknowingly?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Whether the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in declining to grant Petitioner a certificate of appealability, where the State PCR Court unreasonably applied clearly established federal law of Strickland, where defense counsel failed to investigate and advise Petitioner that evidence in the case against him could be challenged in a suppression motion pursuant to the South Carolina Homeland Security Act, since counsel's failure to advise Petitioner that he could challenge the admissibility of the recording was ineffective assistance rendering the plea involuntary and unknowingly? . Request for "COA" i