HAMILTON v. PSRB

83-544; CA A47636.

776 P.2d 581 (1989)

97 Or.App. 388

Hugh HAMILTON, Petitioner, v. PSYCHIATRIC SECURITY REVIEW BOARD, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ella D. Johnson, Salem, argued the cause and submitted the brief for petitioner.

John A. Reuling, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before BUTTLER, P.J., and WARREN and ROSSMAN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is a petition for review of an order of the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) denying petitioner's request to be discharged or conditionally released and committing him to the Oregon State Hospital. Petitioner argues that he suffers primarily from pedophilia and that pedophilia is a personality disorder. He contends that, because a personality disorder does not constitute a "mental disease or defect...

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