Opinion
C960056MC; CA A94370
Submitted on record and briefs January 3, 1997.
Reversed and remanded for a new trial March 5, 1997.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Washington County, Jon B. Lund, Judge.
Susan D. Isaacs filed the brief for appellant.
Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, and Jas. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Warren, Presiding Judge, and Edmonds and Armstrong, Judges.
PER CURIAM
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.
Appellant, an allegedly mentally ill person, appeals from a judgment of involuntary civil commitment. ORS 426.130(1)(b)(C). We reverse and remand.
The state concedes that the trial court's failure to explain to appellant his right to subpoena witnesses under ORS 426.100(1) constitutes reversible error. State v. Grellert, 144 Or. App. 201, 203, 925 P.2d 161 (1996); see generally State v. Allison, 129 Or. App. 47, 877 P.2d 660 (1994), and that the failure to preserve the error is not fatal because the error is apparent on the face of the record. State v. Tardanico, 132 Or. App. 230, 231, 888 P.2d 15 (1994). We accept the state's concessions and exercise our discretion to review the error. Ailes v. Portland Meadows, Inc., 312 Or. 376, 381-82, 823 P.2d 956 (1991). Accordingly, we remand this case for further proceedings.
ORS 426.100(1) provides, in part:
"At the time the allegedly mentally ill person is brought before the court, the court shall advise the person of the following:
"* * * * *
"(d) The right to subpoena witnesses[.]"
In view of our disposition, it is unnecessary to address appellant's other assignment of error.
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.