Whether a federal habeas petitioner whose trial counsel performed deficiently by failing to preserve a meritorious issue for appeal satisfies the prejudice component of an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim by showing a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's deficient performance in failing to preserve the issue, he would have prevailed in his direct appeal

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a federal habeas petitioner whose trial counsel performed deficiently by failing to preserve a meritorious issue for appeal satisfies the prejudice component of an claim by showing a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s deficient performance in failing to preserve the issue, he would have prevailed in his direct appeal. i