STATE v. KEENE

Nos. 20282-4-II, 21737-6-II.

938 P.2d 839 (1997)

86 Wash.App. 589

The STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Terry Lee KEENE, Appellant. In re Personal Restraint Petition of Terry Lee KEENE, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Publication Ordered June 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelli E. Osler, Clark County Prosc. Office, Vancouver, for Respondent.

Mark W. Muenster, Vancouver, for Appellant.


ARMSTRONG, J.

The State charged Terry Lee Keene with the rape of a child. At trial, a detective testified that Keene did not return police telephone calls after being warned that she would turn the case over to the prosecutors unless Keene contacted her. In closing, the prosecutor asked the jury if these were the actions of an innocent man. Because the detective's testimony and the prosecutor' argument constituted impermissible comments on Keene's right to pre-arrest...

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