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State v. L. M. H. (In re L. M. H.)

Court of Appeals of Oregon.
Dec 7, 2016
389 P.3d 1175 (Or. Ct. App. 2016)

Opinion

A161802

12-07-2016

In the Matter of L. M. H., a Person Alleged to have a Mental Illness. STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. L. M. H., Appellant.

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


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

Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Dustin Buehler, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before Armstrong, Presiding Judge, and Tookey, Judge, and Shorr, Judge.

PER CURIAM

Appellant seeks reversal of an order committing him to the Oregon Health Authority for a period not to exceed 180 days. ORS 426.130. In an unpreserved assignment of error, appellant contends that the order should be reversed because the trial court plainly erred when it failed to inform him of his rights listed in ORS 426.100(1). The state concedes the error, and we accept the state's concession. The court's failure to advise appellant of his rights under ORS 426.100(1) constitutes plain error. See, e.g. , State v. M. L. R. , 256 Or.App. 566, 570–71, 303 P.3d 954 (2013) ("[The] failure to provide a person with all of the information required by ORS 426.100(1) constitutes an egregious error that justifies plain error review."). Further, for the reasons stated in M. L. R.viz. , the nature of civil commitment proceedings, the gravity of the violation, the ends of justice, and the lack of harmless error—we conclude that it is appropriate to exercise our discretion to correct the error in this case.

Reversed.


Summaries of

State v. L. M. H. (In re L. M. H.)

Court of Appeals of Oregon.
Dec 7, 2016
389 P.3d 1175 (Or. Ct. App. 2016)
Case details for

State v. L. M. H. (In re L. M. H.)

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of L. M. H., a Person Alleged to have a Mental Illness…

Court:Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Date published: Dec 7, 2016

Citations

389 P.3d 1175 (Or. Ct. App. 2016)
282 Or. App. 723