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- Title: State Alaska v. R. H. and Mitchell
- Author : Court Of Appeals Of Alaska
- Release Date : January 01, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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The state petitions for review of an order of the superior court quashing a subpoena directing Dr. Mitchell Wetherhorn, a clinical psychologist, to appear before a grand jury. The grand jury is investigating charges that R. H., Dr. Wetherhorns patient, sexually molested his daughter S. H. The trial court found that any testimony Wetherhorn might give would be protected by the psychotherapist/patient privilege established in Alaska Evidence Rule 504. The state asks us to set aside the trial courts order, reasoning that the legislature abrogated the privilege in criminal child abuse cases through the enactment of AS 47.17.060. Alternatively, the state argues that two exceptions to the evidentiary privilege are applicable to this case, Evidence Rules 504(d)(5) and (6) We affirm the decision of the trial court.