ANDERSON v. PSRB

82-515; CA A26346.

670 P.2d 185 (1983)

65 Or.App. 69

Jerry Lee ANDERSON, Appellant, v. PSYCHIATRIC SECURITY REVIEW BOARD, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Gorham, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

James E. Mountain, Jr., Deputy Sol. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., Stanton F. Long, Deputy Atty. Gen., and William F. Gary, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before GILLETTE, P.J., and WARDEN and YOUNG, JJ.


GILLETTE, Presiding Judge.

Petitioner appeals from an order of the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) that committed him to a state mental hospital and placed him under PSRB's jurisdiction for a maximum period of 26 years. Petitioner contends that PSRB should have "merged" the offenses which gave rise to his commitment and, therefore, that the maximum period of PSRB jurisdiction should have been 10 years. We conclude that PSRB lacked the authority to "merge...

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