Oregon Supreme Court· 4/4/2019

State v. Black

Citations

437 P.3d 1121
364 Or. 579

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holding that if testimony serves a relevant pur- pose rather than solely conveying a credibility opinion, it does not violate the vouching rule
explaining that an error “is less likely to be harmless where it relates to a central factual issue in the case”
noting that “[w]hat a party says in closing argument is not evidence, and the jury was instructed on that point”
explaining that an error is only harmless if it had “little likelihood of affecting the verdict” (inter- nal quotation marks omitted)
noting that trial courts have no discretion to admit vouching testimony
vouching is “cat- egorically inadmissible,” and it includes both “direct” com- ments on another witness’s credibility and statements that are “tantamount to a direct comment”

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