MATTER OF Z. W. Y.

A166276.

450 P.3d 544 (2019)

299 Or. App. 703

In the MATTER OF Z. W. Y., a Person Alleged to have Mental Illness. State of Oregon, Respondent, v. Z. W. Y., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

October 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. DeBin and Multnomah Defenders, Inc., filed the brief for appellant.

Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General, and Inge D. Wells , Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before Hadlock, Presiding Judge, and DeHoog, Judge, and Aoyagi, Judge.


Appellant challenges an October 2017 order of continued commitment for mental illness, arguing that the record does not support the trial court's determination that appellant's mental disorder makes him a danger to others. We agree and, accordingly, reverse.

The trial court's task in a continued-commitment proceeding is to...

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