Legal Opinion
Billings v. Gates
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1996No. CC 94-02-26238M; CA A83424; SC S42241PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*171VAN HOOMISSEN, J.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding. See ORS 34.310 et seg (describing habeas corpus procedures). The trial court denied plaintiffs petition as meritless. The Court of Appeals reversed. Billings v. Gates, 133 Or App 236, 244, 890 P2d 995 (1995). The sole issue presented is the correct standard under Article I, section 16, of the Oregon Constitution,1 for testing this petition for habeas corpus. We affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals, but on different grounds.
Plaintiff Billings, an inmate at Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI), petitioned for a writ of habeas…
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