PETERS v. RENFRO

No. 78-12-53; CA No. 13536.

602 P.2d 1137 (1979)

43 Or.App. 411

In the matter of the Application of Michael Joseph PETERS for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Michael Joseph Peters, Respondent, v. John RENFRO, Sheriff of Clackamas County, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Rhodes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were James A. Redden, Atty. Gen., and Walter L. Barrie, Sol. Gen., Salem.

James J. Roberson, Oregon City, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before BUTTLER, P.J., and GILLETTE and ROBERTS, JJ.


GILLETTE, Judge.

The state appeals the order of the circuit court requiring that petitioner be released from the custody of the defendant Sheriff of Clackamas County.1 We reverse.

Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking release from the Clackamas County jail where he had been confined after a conviction for driving while suspended. He was tried as an adult pursuant to ORS 419.533(3),2<...

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