Ray Miller v. Rick Thaler, Director

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

Ray Charles Miller (“Miller”) appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application challenging his guilty-plea conviction for intoxicated manslaughter with a vehicle. We granted a certificate of appealability (“COA”) on three issues: (1) whether Miller’s trial counsel provided ineffective assistance regarding a lapsed plea offer from the State; (2) whether the trial court violated Miller’s right to self-representation by denying his request to proceed pro se; and (3) whether Miller’s trial counsel provided ineffective assistance because…