Derrick Lloyd v. Robert Morton

Whether Certiorari should be granted to resolve a conflict between the Court of Appeals Second Circuit and the United States District Court, Eastern District of N.Y. related to New York State preservation requirement C.P.L. 470.05(2). And 470.15 4 Appellate law. And whether the district court erroneously overlooked petitioner's "alternative" claim raised on direct appeal that trial counsel was ineffective for failure to object properly, citing federal source/standard under Strickland, 104 S.Ct. 2052 (1984); 28 U.S.C. 2254 (b) (1), yet counsel objected in advance, to witness's illegal impeachment and threat testimony. Whether irrelevant highly prejudicial injection of race a denial of due process infecting the fundamental fairness of the trial as contrary to, and an unreasonable application of federal law, was overcome by overwhelming evidence, "Holdings."