State v. Larrabee

1 39 I share some of the majority's discomfort with statements made by the prosecutor during closing argument. The prosecutor's allusion to abuse of the victim's mother seems to have run afoul of the district court's in limine ruling. But defense counsel made no objection to these statements. And because the lack of an objection could easily have been strategie (to avoid highlighting, or turning vague allusions into significant issues), I find no room in the deferential Strickland standard for reversal on ineffective assistance of counsel grounds.

1 40 The majority does not appear to challenge…