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IN RE: S. M. (2018)

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

IN RE: S. M., a Person Alleged to have Mental Illness. STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. S. M., Appellant.

A162480

Decided: October 03, 2018

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

Joseph DeBin and Multnomah Defenders, Inc., filed the brief for appellant. Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Jacob Brown, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Appellant seeks reversal of a judgment committing him to the custody of the Mental Health Division for a period not to exceed 180 days. See ORS 426.130. In his third assignment of error, appellant contends that the record lacked sufficient evidence that, due to a mental disorder, he was unable to provide for his basic needs.1 The state concedes that the evidence was insufficient to prove that appellant was unable to meet his basic needs and that the judgment should be reversed. We agree, accept the state's concession, and reverse the judgment.

Reversed.

FOOTNOTES

1.   Our disposition of appellant's third assignment of error obviates the need to address his first and second assignments of error.

PER CURIAM

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IN RE: S. M. (2018)

Docket No: A162480

Decided: October 03, 2018

Court: Court of Appeals of Oregon.

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