Opinion
No. DA 135288, CA 9669
Submitted on record and briefs April 20, 1978.
Affirmed May 8, reconsideration denied August 16, petition for review denied December 12, 1978.
Appeal from the District Court, Multnomah County, Edmund Jordan, Judge.
Donald L. Berger, Portland, filed the brief in propria persona for appellant.
James A. Redden, Attorney General, Al J. Laue, Solicitor General, and Jan P. Londahl, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Lee, Richardson and Joseph, Judges.
Affirmed. ORS 9.320; United States v. Irwin, 561 F.2d 198 (10th Cir 1977), cert den 434 U.S. 1012 (1978); United States v. Whitesel, 543 F.2d 1176 (6th Cir 1976), cert den 431 U.S. 967 (1977); United States v. Kelley, 539 F.2d 1199 (9th Cir), cert den 429 U.S. 963 (1976); United States v. Jordan, 508 F.2d 750 (7th Cir), cert den 423 U.S. 842 (1975); United States v. Cooper, 493 F.2d 473 (5th Cir), cert den 419 U.S. 859 (1974).
"Any action, suit, or proceeding may be prosecuted or defended by a party in person, or by attorney, except that the state or a corporation appears by attorney in all cases, unless otherwise provided by law * * *." ORS 9.320.