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A defendant was convicted of murder. During the trial, his lawyer made a strategic judgment call to refrain from introducing certain mitigating evidence. The defendant was convicted and sentenced to a long prison term. The lawyer's decision with respect to the mitigating evidence and her overall performance did not fall below an objective standard of competence for attorneys in a similar situation. After the trial, the defendant's lawyer apologized to the defendant for not introducing the evidence, saying that in hindsight she was wrong not to have done so. The defendant now seeks to reverse his conviction on the grounds that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Will the defendant succeed?