111383P.pdf   05/10/2012  Gary Close  v.  United States
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-1383
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Wollman and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
   Prisoner case - habeas. For the court's opinion in Close's direct appeal,
   see U.S. v. Close, 518 F.3d 617 (8th Cir. 2008). While the prosecutor's
   closing argument improperly vouched for a government witness, defense
   counsel's decision not to object was not constitutionally deficient under
   Strickland; further, the failure to object did not prejudice Close's defense;
   failure to object to the instruction on possession of a weapon in
   furtherance of a drug crime did not constitute ineffective assistance of
   counsel.