I. IS THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL CLAUSE VIOLATED WHEN DEFENSE COUNSEL FAILS TO INVESTIGATE, AND SEEK TO OBTAIN AN EXPERT IN OBVIOUS DNA SEXUAL ASSUALT CASE, TO REBUT THE STATE 'S EXPERT, WHERE, PETITIONER SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT COUNSEL DO SO, AND DID NOT; WHETHER THIS FAILURE TO OBTAIN A DNA EXPERT WAS AN ERROR SO SERIOUS, PREJUDICED PETITIONER 'S DEFENSE, AND SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL BECAUSE COUNSEL FAILED TO PROVIDE PETITIONER WITH A COMPLETE DEFENSE?

Is the right to effective assistance of counsel violated when defense counsel fails to investigate and obtain a DNA expert to rebut the state's expert in a sexual assault case, thereby prejudicing the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial?