In Re Steven Michael Backstrom

1- a) Does a failure by trial counsel to investigate known-to-be material facts and/or witnesses, constitute federally defined ineffective assistance of counsel? If so, b) would the submission of a sworn affidavit in defense of ineffective assistance of coun­ sel allegations in habeas corpus, rife with material misrepresen­ tations of material fact constitue an admission by conduct? If so, has any federal right been violated? 2- Was Relator deprived of his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process where his trial was a platform for material perjury? 3- Does a cumulated sentence contrary to state law constitute cruel and unusual punishment as defined within the Eighth Amend­ ment of the U.S. Constitution?