Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred in denying a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to jury instructions

QUESTIONS PRESENTED i 1. Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred when it denied Petitioner’s request for a new trial based on trial counsel’s ineffectiveness for failing to object to the trial court’s deficient ‘reasonable doubt instruction’? (Answered in the negative by the state court). 2. Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred when it denied Petitioner’s argument that ; trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the trial court’s improper ‘curative ; instruction’ regarding the testimony of witness Jennifer Patrick? , (Answered in the negative by the State Court). : ; { ' | . l \ \ i 1 \ : i \ . .