State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Conrad

This is an appeal from a juvenile court order committing the child to a juvenile training school. ORS 419.509(1). The issue is whether the judge erred in committing the child to MacLaren School for Boys after he reached age 18. Appellant contends that the committment constituted an ex post facto application of the 1983 amendment to ORS 420.011 under the Oregon1 and federal2 constitutions. We affirm.

The material facts are not in dispute. Appellant was born on March 5,1966. He was 16 years of age on September 6, 1982, when he allegedly committed an act of criminal mischief. He failed to appear…