State v. Johnson

fl Leonard Johnson Jr. appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, to wit: cocaine. He contends that the prosecutor committed prosecutorial misconduct by misstating the law regarding the presumption of innocence and the reasonable doubt standard. He also contends that defense counsel’s failure to object to these arguments constituted ineffective *679assistance of counsel. Consistent with our holding in State v. Venegas, 155 Wn. App. 507, 523 n.16, 525, 228 P.3d 813 (2010), we hold that the prosecutor’s closing argument misstating the reasonable doubt standard and…