Whether the United States Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's determination that the petitioner was not denied effective assistance of counsel

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the United States Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's determination that the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel when his counsel waived previous objections filed to the presentence report without the consent of the defendant and in asserting as a basis for a downward departure or variance the issue of cultural assimilation without securing the services of an expert in that area of the law or offering expert testimony in that regard. i