Hinton v. Hill

In this post-conviction case, the Court of Appeals held that the post-conviction court erred in failing to void petitioner’s convictions. Hinton v. Hill, 197 Or App 238, 105 P3d 923, on recons, 201 Or App 131, 117 P3d 1066 (2005). We allowed defendant’s (superintendent’s) petition for review to determine whether the post-conviction court’s alternative remedy was consistent with the authority granted to the post-conviction court in the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the Court of Appeals decision and affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

In the…