Priest v. Pearce

840 P.2d 65 (1992)

314 Or. 411

Roger Karl PRIEST, Plaintiff,

v.

Fred PEARCE, Director of Department of Corrections, Defendant.

SC S39032.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Argued and Submitted May 28, 1992.

Decided October 22, 1992.

John Henry Hingson III, Oregon City, argued the cause and filed the petition, for plaintiff.

Janet A. Metcalf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause and filed the memoranda, for defendant. With her on the memoranda were Charles S. Crookham, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

GILLETTE, Justice.

In this original habeas corpus proceeding, we are called…