Price v. Oregon State Board of Parole

Petitioner appealed an order of the Oregon State Board of Parole (Board) setting his parole release date. He contended that the Board abused its discretion by violating its own rules in setting both his history/risk score and offense severity rating, which resulted in increasing the prison time he must actually serve before release on parole from 16 to 30 months. The Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion. 72 Or App 780, 696 P2d 24 (1985). We allowed review to decide whether the Board violated its own rules by considering, in setting an offense severity rating, an admission by the inmate…