Time to prepare a defense

1. Whether a trial court violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by denying a reasonable continuance that is necessary to permit defense counsel to investigate and present material exculpatory evidence. 2. Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated when a defendant is forced to proceed to trial after retained counsel effectively withdraws from meaningful representation and substitutes unprepared counsel without the defendant's informed consent. 3. Whether the Due Process Clause places constitutional limits on the admission of highly prejudicial uncharged sexual misconduct evidence when its principal effect is to encourage conviction based on propensity rather than proof of the charged offenses. 4. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause permits a criminal conviction to stand where the prosecution's case rests primarily on materially inconsistent testimony that is unsupported by objective evidence and is insufficient to satisfy the constitutional requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. 5. Whether counsel renders constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to investigate available exculpatory evidence, present viable defenses, and consult with the defendant regarding fundamental decisions concerning the defense. 6. Whether cumulative constitutional errors, together with substantial evidence of actual innocence, require federal courts to provide relief from a criminal conviction consistent with the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.