Spilman v. State

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 assist- anee of counsel should be abandoned in favor of a standard which examines whether trial counsel rendered reasonably competent assistance.

“Whether failure of trial counsel to ensure the recording of critical portions of the trial proceedings amounted to ineffective…