State v. Hilliard

In this appeal of appellant’s commitment to the custody of the Oregon Mental Health Division, appellant raises two assignments of error. First, he argues that the record does not provide clear and convincing evidence that he was diagnosed as chronically mentally ill pursuant to ORS 426.495(2). Second, he argues that the evidence is insufficient to meet the state’s burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that he had been “committed” twice within the previous three years pursuant to ORS 426.060, a condition that appellant argues is required to satisfy the definition of “mentally…