Adams v. Psychiatric Security Review Board

This case involves the sufficiency of an order of the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB), following its initial hearing, committing petitioner to the Oregon State Hospital for care, custody and treatment. The Court of Appeals vacated the commitment pursuant to ORS 183.480 et seq and we allowed PSRB’s petition for review.

On March 9, 1979, a jury found petitioner to be not responsible for murder by reason of a mental disease or defect. The trial court ruled that petitioner would have been convicted of manslaughter in the first degree if she had been found responsible. The trial court…