Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number D881992M; CA A60258 Attorney(S) Steven L. Price, Hillsboro, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant. Rives Kistler, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, and Katherine H. Waldo, Assistant Attorney General, Salem. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. WILLIAM C. DAMERON, Appellant. PER CURIAM Reversed. PER CURIAM Defendant appeals his conviction for criminal trespass in the second degree. ORS 164.245. He was gathering signatures on an initiative petition at the main entrance to the Raleigh Hills Fred Meyer store. He was asked to leave by an employee of the store and, when he refused, he was arrested for trespassing. He raised the defense that he had a constitutional right to be on the premises for the purpose of collecting signatures and that, therefore, the order for him to leave was not lawful under Article I, section 8, and Article IV, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution. This case is not distinguishable from State v. Cargill, 100 Or. App. 336, 786 P.2d 208 (1990). Defendant established that he was engaged in a constitutionally protected activity, and the court erred in ruling that the order for defendant to leave the premises was lawful. Reversed.