PRIEST v. CUPP


545 P.2d 917 (1976)

Curtis M. PRIEST, Appellant, v. Hoyt C. CUPP, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Miller, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Rhidian M.M. Morgan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Appellate Div., Dept. of Justice, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and FOLEY and FORT, JJ.


FORT, Judge.

Petitioner appeals from an order of the circuit court denying the relief sought and dismissing the petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Essentially, petitioner complains that his medical needs have not been and are not being met by respondent, Superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary. Petitioner is confined in the penitentiary under a life sentence. He urges that "the intentional denial" of needed...

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