Tyrane E. Phyle v. Walter Leapley, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary Mark W. Barnett, Attorney General, State of South Dakota

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

South Dakota inmate Tyrane Phyle appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Phyle argues that his trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to object to testimony that Phyle had invoked his constitutional right to remain silent, by failing to object to testimony about Phyle’s prior bad acts, and by failing to request an inconsistent statement instruction. We affirm.

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On the night of April 23, 1988, a masked man robbed Wolfe’s Liquor Store in Claire City, South Dakota. Two local residents had previously…