Walton v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision

Petitioner, who is serving consecutive life sentences for aggravated murder, seeks review of an order of the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (the board), contending that the board committed a variety of procedural errors and erred in concluding that he was not eligible for a “murder review” hearing under ORS 163.105 (1985) in 2009 but could petition for such a hearing in 2011. We need not resolve the merits of petitioner’s contentions because, as we will explain, this judicial review proceeding is moot. Accordingly, we dismiss petitioner’s petition for judicial review.

In 1988,…