RIOS v. PSRB

PSRB 84-672; CA A82088; SC S42974.

934 P.2d 399 (1997)

325 Or. 151

Reynaldo RIOS, Petitioner on Review, v. PSYCHIATRIC SECURITY REVIEW BOARD, Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided March 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris S. Matarazzo, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner on review.

Katharine H. Waldo, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent on review. With her on the brief were Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General.

Before CARSON, C.J., and GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN, FADELEY, GRABER, and DURHAM, JJ.


GRABER, Justice.

The Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) has had jurisdiction over petitioner since August 1984. Following a hearing in October 1993, the PSRB concluded that petitioner is affected by a mental disease or defect and presents a substantial danger to others. The PSRB therefore denied petitioner's requests for discharge or conditional release and ordered that he remain under the PSRB's jurisdiction. The Court of Appeals affirmed that order. Rios...

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