Stafford v. State

ORDER

This Court’s prior decision in Stafford v. State, 669 P.2d 285 (Okl.Cr.1983) (F-80-256) was vacated and the case remanded to this Court for reconsideration in light of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. -, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984) by the United States Supreme Court. Stafford v. Oklahoma, — U.S. -, 104 S.Ct. 2652, 81 L.Ed.2d 359 (1984).

In June of 1984, we set the matter for oral argument of counsel. In July of 1984, appellant filed a Joint Motion for Evidentiary Hearing, waiving his previous request for new trial and requesting an evidentiary hearing to review evidence of a…