131321P.pdf   04/09/2014  Routy Abernathy  v.  Ray Hobbs
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-1321
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Wollman and Melloy, Circuit Judges] 
   Prisoner case - habeas. Arkansas courts' rejection of Abernathy's claim 
   that he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his attorney 
   failed to object to a defense witness's vouching for the credibility of a 
   complaining witness on the ground that the he had not shown prejudice was 
   not contrary to clearly established federal law, nor was it an 
   unreasonable application of federal law; Arkansas courts' decision that 
   defense counsel's opening argument statement that defendant would not take 
   the stand unless the government established its case beyond a reasonable 
   doubt was a tactical decision and did not prejudice Abernathy as the 
   courts' decision was not contrary to clearly established federal law or an 
   unreasonable application of federal law.