S45957 Brown v. Thompson

State: Oregon

Docket No: none

Case Date: 05/04/2001

FILED: May 4, 2001

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON

GILBERT C. BROWN,

Petitioner on Review,

S. FRANK THOMPSON,
Superintendent,
Oregon State Penitentiary,

Respondent on Review.

(CC 96C13583; CA A100035; SC S45957)

On joint petition for reconsideration filed February 27, 2001.*

Harrison Latto, Portland, filed the petition for petitioner on review.

Timothy A. Sylwester, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, filed the motion to recall the appellate judgment and to reconsider the order denying the petition for review. With him on the motion were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

Anthony D. Bornstein, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Portland, filed the joint petition for reconsideration.

Before Carson, Chief Justice, and Gillette, Durham, Leeson, and Riggs, Justices.**

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The joint petition for reconsideration is allowed, and the appellate judgment is recalled. The order denying review is vacated, and the petition for review is allowed. The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further consideration in light of Hamel v. Johnson, 330 Or 180, 998 P2d 661 (2000).

*Appeal from Marion County Circuit Court, Joseph V. Ochoa, Judge. 157 Or App 187, 966 P2d 831 (1998).

**Van Hoomissen, J., retired December 31, 2000, and did not participate in the decision of this case. Kulongoski and De Muniz, JJ., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.