Cephus Donald Dyer v. Richard Crisp

WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

DISPOSITION ON REHEARING EN BANC

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INTRODUCTION

Appellant, Cephus Donald Dyer, appeals the denial of an application for writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Dyer claims violation of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at his criminal trial in the Oklahoma state court. The appeal raises the issue as to the applicable standard which is to govern in order to determine whether there has been effective assistance of counsel in a given case and whether that standard has been violated in…