Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination was violated

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination was violated when law enforcement officers informed the jury that “we would have liked to have gotten a statement, but at that point we had not been able to get a statement from [the Petitioner].” il B. PARTIES INVOLVED The parties involved are identified in the style of the case. iii