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 Kyllo's self-defense claim. We agree and accordingly reverse Mr. Kyllo's conviction for second degree assault. We remand for retrial.
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¶ 2 On June 12, 2004, while an inmate at the Cowlitz...
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