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MATTER OF BROOKS

581 P.2d 134 (1978)

In the matter of William G. Brooks, Alleged to Be a Mentally Ill Person. State of Oregon, Respondent, v. WILLIAM G. BROOKS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford L. Freeman, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

W. Benny Won, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were James A. Redden, Atty. Gen., and Al J. Laue, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and JOHNSON, GILLETTE and ROBERTS, JJ.

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order finding appellant to be a mentally ill person and committing him to the custody of the State Mental Health Division for a period not to exceed 180 days. The issue is sufficiency of evidence; our review of the matter is de novo on the record. State v. O'Neill, 274 Or. 59, 545 P.2d 97 (1976).

ORS 426.005(2)(a) and (b) defines mentally ill person as follows:

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