Richards v. Michigan

1. Whether the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court violated Petitioner's 14th Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection rights by failing to address the merits of his claims and by applying a procedural bar that was not firmly established and regularly followed? 2. Whether the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court violated Petitioner's 6th Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel by failing to address the merits of his claims of ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel? 3. Whether the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court violated Petitioner's 5th and 14th Amendment rights by failing to address the merits of his claims of prosecutorial misconduct and judicial bias?