The following excerpt is from Lozano v. Clark, No. 2: 10-cv-0056 KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2011):
466 U.S. at 689. Thus, even when a court is presented with an ineffective-assistance claim not subject to 2254(d)(1) deference, a [petitioner] must overcome the "presumption that, under the circumstances, the challenged action 'might be considered sound trial strategy.'" Ibid. (quoting Michel v. Louisiana, 350 U.S. 91, 101 (1955)).
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