State v. Knapp

¶1 Kyle Cameron Knapp appeals his conviction for residential burglary. We hold that the State committed prosecutorial misconduct by commenting in its *416closing argument on Knapp’s silence. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

¶2 On November 14, 2006, Darren Blakeslee noticed two suspicious men walking around his Tacoma neighborhood. The men were knocking door to door, sometimes scared off when dogs barked at them. He observed them knock on the door of a house across the street, 1416 South 45th Street. When no one answered, the two men looked at each other and went around the house to the…