Det Forenede Dampskib Selskab v. Johnson

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• concluding that the trial court erred in failing to strike vouching testimony sua sponte even though it was not elicited by counsel’s question
• holding that admission of vouching testimony was likely harmful because there was no physical evidence of abuse and it came from the complainant’s parent, who was “privy to the complainant’s behaviors, characteristics, and past experiences”
• rejecting state’s argument that the defen- dant may have had strategic reason not to object, where “[t]he state’s speculation aside, there is nothing in the record indicating that defendant made any kind of strategic choice not to object”
• rejecting state’s argument that the defendant may have made a strategic choice not to object to admission of evidence on the ground that, “ [t]he state’s speculation aside, there is nothing in the record indicating that defendant made any kind of strategic choice not to object”
• “We may consider, under ORAP 5.45(a), unpreserved issues if the error (1) is one of law; (2) is apparent, in that the legal point is obvious, not reasonably in dispute; and (3

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