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SPILMAN v. STATE

No. 5480.

633 P.2d 183 (1981)

George E. SPILMAN, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Schilling, Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Public Defender Program, Laramie, and Sylvia Lee Hackl, Asst. Public Defender, Wyoming Public Defender Program, Cheyenne, signed the brief on behalf of appellant. Hackl appeared in oral argument.

Steven F. Freudenthal, Atty. Gen.; Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Criminal Division; and Allen C. Johnson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, signed the brief on behalf of appellee. Johnson appeared in oral argument.

Before ROSE, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROONEY and BROWN, JJ.

RAPER, Justice.

This appeal arises from appellant's conviction of murder in the second degree as proscribed by § 6-4-104, W.S. 1977.1 In seeking a reversal of the trial court, appellant has posed two questions for us. These are worded as follows:

"Whether the sham, farce and mockery standard for review of ineffective assistance of counsel should be abandoned in favor of a standard...

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