State v. Koss

¶1 This is a prosecution for first degree burglary. The defendant stood at an open door and punched *13the victim, who was in her house. We conclude that this supports the necessary elements for first degree burglary. We also conclude that the defendant’s right to a public trial was not violated by an instruction conference held in chambers. Nor were the court’s instructions to the jury flawed. The defendant also assigns error to a number of the court’s discretionary rulings and urges that the prosecutor committed misconduct during the course of the trial, conduct that we should characterize as…