What is the legal test for ineffectiveness of counsel in a federal criminal trial?

Where ineffectiveness of counsel is alleged, the defendant must point to errors or omissions in the record on appeal which establish that he did not receive adequate representation. Cooper v. Fitzharris, 586 F.2d 1325, 1332 (9th Cir.1978) (en banc ), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 974, 99 S.Ct. 1542, 59 L.Ed.2d 793 (1979). He has the further

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The customary procedure for challenging the effectiveness of defense counsel in a federal criminal trial is by collateral attack on the conviction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255. United States v. Kazni, 576 F.2d 238, 242 (9th Cir.1978). This is so because usually such a claim cannot be advanced without the development of facts outside the original record. Id.