35 Or. App. 87 - State v. Watkins’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"Our review of civil commitment orders is de novo . However, where observation of witnesses is essential to resolution of factual issues, as is often true in civil commitment hearings, we accord substantial weight to the trial court's findings based on such observation. In this case, the trial judge stated that appellant's 'rather threatening tone today is a pretty scary thing.' Considering all the testimony and the trial judge's characterization of it, we have no reasonable doubt that appellant was dangerous to others at the time of the hearing."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 289 Or. App. 724 - State v. T. W. W. (In re T. W. W.)