As a United States Supreme Court Justice, a New Case

As a United States Supreme Court Justice, a new case has been presented for possible review, and you must vote whether or not togrant the review request. The underlying issue centers upon an insufficient counsel claim made by a man whois on death row for murder. More specifically, in 1998, an 18 year-old young man was arrested and convicted for a rape and murder of a 22 year-old woman. The main piece of evidence at the time was an eyewitness whoclaimed tohave seen the accused leaving the apartment complex the morning after the murder. There was noother forensic evidence linking the young man tothe victim. In addition, there was noprior relationship between the victim and the accused. The accused's new lawyer indicated that the young man's prior attorney never asked tohave DNA evidence brought intoquestion, although the accused requested it on three separate occasions on the phone. In fact, supposedly semen was found on the victim and her clothes, and it has yet tobe formally examined. In addition, the accused's original attorney, a public defender near the end of his career, only met with his client four times in person togoover the case, and told his client it was best totake a plea deal tosave his life. The accused refused, and his attorney had indicated that "oh well, it's your funeral." Based on the accused's petition toreview, you must now determine if there are constitutional issues that warrant this case tobe formally heard by the court. Based on what you know, doyou vote tohear the case or doyou vote torefuse the case? Please fully explain your answer.