Engweiler v. Board of Parole

This is one of two related cases, both decided this date, involving the life sentence that petitioner is serving. The dispositive issue in this case is whether a 1999 order of the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (the board) relating to that sentence that set both a “prison term” and a “murder review date” for petitioner was subject to judicial review under ORS 144.335 (1999), amended by Oregon Laws 2001, chapter 661, section 1; Oregon Laws 2003, chapter 352, section 1. The Court of Appeals ultimately concluded that it was not and, accordingly, dismissed petitioner’s petition for…