Writ granted in part; otherwise denied; case remanded. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel for relator and hold a hearing at which it will determine whether counsel's joint representation of relator and co-perpetrator who pled guilty and then testified against relator at trial constituted an actual conflict of interest adversely affecting counsel's performance. Cuyler v. Sullivan,
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