State v. Dolan

The state appeals an order sustaining defendant’s demurrer and setting aside a criminal complaint charging defendant with disorderly conduct, ORS 166.025(l)(a), in the following language:

"The said defendant, on or about July 11,1978, in Multnomah County, State of Oregon, did unlawfully and recklessly create a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance and alarm by engaging in tumultuous behavior * *

The sole ground of demurrer was that the complaint

«* * * js not definite and certain in that it does not sufficiently inform the defendant what conduct he is supposed to have performed that is alleged…