State Of Washington v. Harun Osman

¶1 Harun Mohamed Osman seeks reversal of the assault in the fourth degree jury conviction. Osman contends that during closing argument, the prosecutor improperly shifted the burden of proof, and the court erred in sustaining the State’s objection and impermissibly limited the scope of the defense closing argument. We hold the prosecutor properly argued reasonable inferences from the evidence and did not improperly shift the burden of proof to the defense. We conclude the court erred in sustaining the objection to the description of the meaning of “abiding belief” as inaccurate and limited the…