Opinion
04-87-416; CA A44400
Argued and submitted November 25, 1987
Fine vacated, order otherwise affirmed March 30, 1988
Judicial Review from Corrections Division.
Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and submitted the brief for petitioner.
Scott McAlister, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, and David L. Kramer, Assistant Attorney General, Salem.
Before Joseph, Chief Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
PER CURIAM
Fine vacated; order otherwise affirmed.
Petitioner seeks review of a final order of the Superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary which required him to serve three months in segregation and pay a $50 fine for a violation of OAR 291-105-015 (7)(g), possession of intoxicants.
Petitioner contends that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding that he was in possession of a half gallon of "pruno" in his cell's sink. The sink was an area shared with a cellmate. Inmates in a shared cell are responsible for contraband which they know is present in a shared area. The credibility of petitioner was for the hearings officer to determine, and he could reasonably infer that, despite his denial, petitioner was aware of the pruno. Hanson v. OSP, 24 Or. App. 859, 861, 547 P.2d 642, rev den (1976).
Petitioner also contends that the Superintendent had no authority to fine him. Respondent claims that the fine is authorized by OAR 291-105-051 (11). We held in Watson v. OSP, 90 Or. App. 85, 750 P.2d 1188 (1988), that the provisions of former OAR 291-105-051 relating to fines are invalid, because the rule was adopted without the notice required by ORS 183.335. Accordingly, the fine was invalid.
Fine vacated; order otherwise affirmed.