Whether the trial court's arbitrary and unreasonable denial of a continuance (i.e., "I have full confidence in [current defense counsel's] ability to try this case competently[, a]s you know, he's my former law partner[, so ]I'm going to keep this on the trial docket") – which denied the Petitioner counsel of his choice – violated the Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights.

Whether the trial court's arbitrary and unreasonable denial of a continuance violated the Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights