State v. Jacobson

Appellant challenges an order finding him to be a mentally ill person. ORS 426.130(1)(b). We review de novo, State v. O’Neill, 274 Or 59, 61, 545 P2d 97 (1976), and affirm.

Appellant is 59 years old. He has no history of prior civil commitment. In November 1995, appellant suffered a seizure at the Portland airport and was taken to the hospital. There he was placed on a two-physician ‘bold,” in part because he “cannot walk without assistance [1] but thinks he can, [has a] high risk of hip fracture, [and] cannot cooperate [with] medical treatment.”

A medical investigator evaluated appellant and…