City of Portland v. Bitans

Defendant appeals his conviction for attempting to block and interfere with a pedestrian along a public sidewalk with intent to interfere with her free passage. Portland City Code Section 14.20.060.1 The city’s complaint charged that

“defendant * * * did unlawfully, with the intent to interfere with free passage, attempt to block and interfere with persons along a public sidewalk.”

He assigns as errors that the court overruled his demurrer to the complaint, denied his motion for an evidentiary hearing on his assertion of discriminatory enforcement of the ordinance, found him guilty on…