Court of Appeals of Oregon, 2024

State v. B. C.

State v. B. C.
Court of Appeals of Oregon · Decided February 7, 2024
330 Or. App. 627

State v. B. C.

Opinion

No. 84 February 7, 2024 627 This is a nonprecedential memorandum opinion pursuant to ORAP 10.30 and may not be cited except as provided in ORAP 10.30(1).

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON In the Matter of B. C., a Person Alleged to have Mental Illness.

STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. B. C., Appellant.

Lane County Circuit Court 23CC03776; A181759 Charles M. Zennaché, Judge.

Submitted January 5, 2024.

Christopher J. O’Connor and Multnomah Defenders, Inc., filed the brief for appellant.

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

Before Tookey, Presiding Judge, Egan, Judge, and Kamins, Judge.

PER CURIAM Reversed.

628 State v. B. C.

PER CURIAM Appellant seeks reversal of a judgment committing him to the custody of the Oregon Health Authority for a period not to exceed 180 days. The trial court entered that judgment after finding that appellant is unable to provide for his basic personal needs and is not receiving care necessary to avoid serious physical harm in the near future. See ORS 426.005(1)(f)(B). On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the state’s evidence to support the court’s basic-needs deter- mination. The state concedes that the record is legally insuf- ficient in that regard under our caselaw. See State v. M. A.

E., 299 Or App 231, 240-41, 448 P3d 656 (2019) (explaining that ORS 426.005(1)(f)(B) requires a “nonspeculative risk of ‘serious physical harm’—meaning that the person’s safe sur- vival will be compromised—in the near future, even though that risk is not imminent”). We agree with and accept the state’s concession.

Reversed.

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