State v. Hightower

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of one count of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree, ORS 163.684; one count of sexual abuse in the second degree, ORS 163.425; four counts of promoting prostitution, ORS 167.012; and one count of compelling prostitution, ORS 167.017. On appeal from the resulting judgment, defendant raises three assignments of error. We reject without discussion defendant’s first and second assignments of error, which relate to alleged vouching by police officers testifying at his trial. We write to address defendant’s third assignment of error, in…