State ex rel. Sopher v. Washington

This is a mandamus action. ORS 34.105 - 34.240. Relator committed aggravated murder in 1992, when he was 16 years old. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. ORS 163.095 (1991); ORS 163.105(l)(c) (1991). He petitioned the Marion County Circuit Court for a writ directing defendant, the chair of the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (board), to hold a hearing and set an initial parole release date for him pursuant to ORS 144.120(l)(a) (1991). He also challenged the board’s application to him of the board’s rules relating to juvenile aggravated murderers. The board moved to…