State v. Billingsley

Appellant appeals his involuntary commitment ordered pursuant to ORS 426.130. We review de novo and reverse.

Appellant was 18 years old at the time of the commitment hearing. His early family life was unstable. He had an alcoholic mother and several stepfathers. He attended high school until his junior year, when he joined the army. He is a member of the Army National Guard and was scheduled to begin vocational training shortly after the hearing in March, 1986. At the time of the hearing he had an apartment but was mainly living a street life. He had been working as a lookout at a “drug…