State v. Kyllo

215 P.3d 177 (2009)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Kenneth Lee KYLLO, Petitioner.

No. 81164-4.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued May 26, 2009.

Decided September 3, 2009.

Jeffrey Erwin Ellis, Ellis Holmes & Witchley PLLC, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Susan I. Baur, Michelle L. Shaffer, Cowlitz County Prosecutor's Office, Kelso, for Respondent.

MADSEN, J.

¶ 1 The defendant maintains that trial counsel was ineffective because counsel misstated the law on self-defense in an instruction counsel proposed that was given to the jury and in statements made during closing argument about Kenneth…