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MATTER OF CHRISTOFFERSON

No. 80-52; CA 17721.

615 P.2d 1152 (1980)

47 Or.App. 1087

In the matter of Enoch Lloyd Christofferson, Alleged to Be a Mentally Ill Person. State of Oregon, Respondent, v. ENOCH LLOYD CHRISTOFFERSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Bernier, Asst. Public Defender, Roseburg, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

James C. Rhodes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were James M. Brown, Atty. Gen., and Walter L. Barrie, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and THORNTON and BUTTLER, JJ.

RICHARDSON, Presiding Judge.

Petitioner in this involuntary civil commitment proceedings contends that the trial court erred in finding him a mentally ill person within the meaning of ORS 426.005(2) and committing him to the Mental Health Division.

ORS 426.005(2) provides:

"As used in ORS 426.005 to 426.390, unless the context requires otherwise: "* * * "(2) `Mentally ill person' means a person who, because of a mental disorder...

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