Colby v. Thompson

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleges that he is being unlawfully detained due to several statutory and constitutional violations committed by defendant. We review the trial court’s decision for errors of law, ORS 34.710; Bedell v. Schiedler, 307 Or 562, 564, 770 P2d 909 (1989), and affirm.

Plaintiff was convicted in 1985 of first-degree manslaughter and criminal conspiracy, arising out of separate incidents in 1984. He was sentenced as a dangerous offender to 17V2 years’ incarceration, with a six-year minimum term on each offense, to…