Question: J, a prison inmate in Illinois, is serving the first 6 months of a 5-year sentence for robbery. He seeks release, claiming that he had ineffective counsel because the lawyer assigned to him during the trial graduated from an unaccredited law school (although he passed the bar examination), was last in his class of 75 students, never had a defendant acquitted in 5 years of law practice, and was sometimes under the influence of drugs during the trial. Assume all these statements are true. You are a federal judge hearing the case. Is J's claim of ineffective counsel valid or not? Support your decision.