Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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he failed to adequately supplement the record, and to challenge the competency of trial counsel. The failure of the appellate counsel to provide effective assistance resulted in the petitioner being denied his rights under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the provisions of the Alabama Constitution, and Alabama law.” (C.R. 41.) This paragraph constitutes Madison’s entire argument on this issue. The circuit court when denying relief stated: “Madison does not argue his appellate counsel was disbarred because of his performance in Madison’s case nor does he proffer any facts in his Rule 32 petition indicating how he was prejudiced due to his appellate counsel being disbarred. See Adkins v. State, [930 So.2d 524] (Ala.Crim.App.2001) . Madison also fails to identify in ... his
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding no error was committed when trial court held defense counsel in contempt in front of the jury though it would have been the better practice to reprimand counsel and impose the fine in the absence of the jury
B. holding counsel will be held ineffective if he made errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the counsel guaranteed the defendant by the sixth amendment and such performance prejudiced the defense
C. holding that the district court  did not abuse its discretion in denying his petition for reinstatement where membership in good standing in the state bar was required before attorney could be admitted to the federal bar and applicant had not been readmitted to state bar
D. holding that review is de novo where there has been no adjudication on the merits in state court
E. holding that the fact that adkins defense counsel have been disciplined by the alabama state bar on unrelated matters has no bearing on their performance in adkins trial
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.