Tangled diagnosis history
Brown's issues included schizophrenia, hallucinations and an apparent psychotic break in 2017 that led to him lose 41 pounds in prison.
The Oregon State Hospital concluded that Brown was faking or exaggerating his illness early on, became genuinely psychotic between July 2019 and September 2020, then recovered somewhat and again began "malingering," or "feigning" his illness.
On Friday, Jan. 15, Judge Dailey cited state and defense witnesses to find that the state hospital's position was "perplexing" and "not persuasive" or credible, noting that "four doctors with experience diagnosing and treating psychosis recognized Defendant as floridly psychotic upon meeting him in 2019 and did not believe him to be malingering."