KNOTTS v. PSYCHIATRIC SEC. REVIEW BD.

No. 092449; A145460.

280 P.3d 1030 (2012)

250 Or. App. 448

Kevin Richard KNOTTS, Petitioner, v. PSYCHIATRIC SECURITY REVIEW BOARD, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris S. Matarazzo , filed the brief for petitioner.

John R. Kroger , Attorney General, Anna M. Joyce , Solicitor General, and Janet A. Klapstein , Senior Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before ARMSTRONG, Presiding Judge, and HASELTON, Chief Judge, and DUNCAN, Judge.


DUNCAN, J.

Petitioner seeks judicial review of an order of the Psychiatric Security Review Board (the board) committing him to the Oregon State Hospital (OSH), rather than conditionally releasing him, as he had requested. Because the board's order does not adequately explain the board's reasoning, we reverse and remand.

We begin with the facts, which we take from the undisputed evidence in the record. Petitioner was charged with several crimes for making unwanted...

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