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IN RE: Z. M. H. (2022)

Court of Appeals of Oregon.2022-03-16No. A176928

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Appellant appeals a judgment committing him to the Oregon Health Authority for a period not to exceed 180 days and prohibiting him from purchasing or possessing firearms, based on a finding that he has a mental illness. ORS 426.130. He contends that the trial court plainly erred when it failed to advise him pursuant to ORS 426.100(1) of all of the possible results of the proceeding. The state concedes the error. We agree that failure to provide such statutory advice of rights constitutes plain error. See State v. R. A. C., 315 Or. App. 77, 496 P.3d 1156 (2021) (correcting similar error as plain error). Given the nature of civil commitment proceedings, the relative interests of the parties, the gravity of the error, and the ends of justice, we exercise discretion to correct the error.

Reversed.

PER CURIAM