State v. Marquez-Vela

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for murder, ORS 163.115(1),1 (Count 1), arguing that the trial court erroneously allowed Ober, a police detective, to comment on his credibility. We review for legal error. See State v. Lowell, 249 Or App 364, 367-68, 277 P3d 588, rev den, 352 Or 378 (2012) (concluding that the trial court committed legal error by failing to exclude detective’s comments regarding defendant’s credibility). We agree with defendant that the trial court erred by failing to exclude Ober’s testimony that defendant, during a police interrogation, “was dishonest [,]” “was…