RIGGS, Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction by a jury for second degree criminal trespass. ORS 164.245. He assigns error to the trial court's conducting the trial without his presence and to its denial of his motion to suppress. We reverse.
ORS 136.040 permits the court to conduct a trial in the defendant's absence if the charge is a misdemeanor and the defendant appears by counsel.
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