Does a defense counsel render constitutionally inadequate representation by failing to object to a prosecutor's remark on the presumption of innocence?

Defense counsel did not render constitutionally inadequate representation by failing to object to the prosecutor's remark on the presumption of innocence. "[T]he prosecutor has a wide-ranging right to discuss the case in closing argument. [S]he has the right to fully state [her] views as to what the evidence shows and to urge whatever conclusions [s]he deems proper." (People v. Lewis (1990) 50 Cal.3d 262, 283.) The prosecutor's argument here did reference the presumption of innocence attaching at the start of the trial. However, the argument also suggested the presumption's "cloak" of

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