State Of Washington v. Zachary Damien Craven

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION ONE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) No. 78849-3-I ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) ZACHARY DAMIEN CRAVEN, ) PUBLISHED IN PART ) Appellant. ) ) VERELLEN, J. — Jurors should reach a verdict based upon the evidence presented at trial and the law provided by the court. Because this process should be based in reason and logic, a prosecutor makes an improper closing argument by emphatically inviting jurors to rely on their emotions and moral sense as well as their intellect when reaching a verdict. Although Zachary Craven demonstrates the State’s closing…