State v. Goldman

Defendant appeals an order denying relief from the default judgment of conviction for a “temporary no parking” violation and the assessed doubled fine as a result of his failure to appear. Defendant challenges the sole basis for the trial court’s denial of the order: that defendant’s declaration in support of his motion to set aside the default failed to set forth sufficient grounds for relief under ORS 153.820(7). We conclude that defendant did set forth sufficient grounds for relief in his declaration and reverse and remand for the court to consider whether to exercise its discretion to set…