City of Portland v. Hemstreet

Defendant appeals her conviction for disobeying a police officer at an assembly. Portland City Code 14.24.100. Defendant raised six assignments of error but, at oral argument, she withdrew two of them. We address her remaining assignments in which she contends that the trial court erred by disallowing her demurrer to the complaint and in its instructions to the jury. We affirm.

Police arrested defendant at a demonstration that occurred during a presidential visit to Portland. The police were clearing a street to form a police line and an officer asked defendant and others to “move back” from…