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Whether a reasonable jurist could debate the voluntariness of a criminal defendant's waiver of counsel and the potential ineffective assistance of counsel at critical pretrial stages
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether reasonable jurist could debate the state court of appeals conclusion that Petitioner's waiver of the right to counsel was voluntary, . _ knowingly and intelligent? 2. Whether reasonable jurist could debate the state court of appeals conclusion that the denial of the right to counsel at a critical state(s)/ preliminary hearing was harmless error? 3. Whether the Office of the Public Defender provided ineffective assistance of counsel ("IAC") at a critical stage(s) /arraignment /bail hearing /motion to suppress evidence /preliminary hearing, etc., prior to Petitioner's alleged . involuntary waiver of the right to counsel?