Case Name: ALBERT KEITH REESE, Petitioner on review, v. BOARD OF PAROLE, Respondent on review
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1987-08-04
Citations: 303 Or. 692
Docket Number: CA A41521; SC S33877
Parties: ALBERT KEITH REESE, Petitioner on review, v. BOARD OF PAROLE, Respondent on review.
Judges: PER CURIAM
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 303
Pages: 692–694

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted June 3,
affirmed August 4,
reconsideration denied October 20,1987
ALBERT KEITH REESE, Petitioner on review, v. BOARD OF PAROLE, Respondent on review.
(CA A41521; SC S33877)
740 P2d 784
Lawrence E. Hall, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner on review. On the petition for review was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.
J. Scott McAlister, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent on review. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, Salem.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Petitioner was convicted for murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 25-year minimum sentence.
At petitioner's prison term hearing, the Board of Parole (Board) established a history/risk score of 6, and crime category 7, bringing petitioner within a matrix range of 168 to 228 months, but continued the matter to clarify whether the 25-year minimum is subject to unanimous vote in order to override the minimum. At the time of petitioning to this court, that issue was unresolved.
Petitioner seeks review, alleging that the Board failed to satisfy the requirements of ORS 144.135. Petitioner's procedural contentions are answered in Anderson v. Board of Parole, 303 Or 618, 740 P2d 760 (1987).
Petitioner also complains that the Board failed to consider factors in mitigation in violation of ORS 144.780, asserting that he did not commit the crime. Denial of guilt is not a mitigating factor.
The decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.