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Commonwealth v. Carter

Citations

  • 821 A.2d 601
  • 2003 Pa. Super. 131
  • 2003 Pa. Super. LEXIS 530

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  • holding SOAB expert can review confidential - 14 - J-A24015-14 psychiatric examinations performed when defendant was juvenile to make SVP assessment
  • “[T]he [psychiatrist-patient] privilege is not designed to specifically protect the psychotherapist’s own opinion, observations, [or] diagnosis....”
  • “The [psychiatrist-patient] privilege is not designed to specifically protect the psychotherapist’s own opinion, observations, [or] diagnosis.”
  • “[W]e must ... determine whether the disclosures made by Appellant to psychiatrists during his juvenile detention are privileged. In doing so, it is necessary to determine to what extent the disclosures were made during the treatment process.”

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Judges: Stevens, Melvin, Kelly

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