Commonwealth v. Moyer

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• concluding, after finding defendant’s records privileged under the MHPA, it was unnecessary to discuss whether records were also privileged under section 5944
• concluding, after finding defendant’s records privileged under the MHPA, it was unnecessary to discuss whether records were also privileged under section 5944
• stating, “[t]he unambiguous language of [S]ection 7111[(a)](3) leads us to conclude that a patient's in[-]patient mental health treatment records may be used by a court only when the legal proceedings being conducted are within the framework of the [Mental Health Procedures Act]”
• stating, “[t]he unambiguous language of [S]ection 7111[(a)](3) leads us to conclude that a patient's in[-]patient mental health treatment records may be used by a court only when the legal proceedings being conducted are within the framework of the [Mental Health Procedures Act]”
• \[T]he first sentence of [section 7111 of the MHPA] confers a statutory privilege of confidentiality on the patient's records.\
• “[T]he first sentence of [section 7111 of the MHPA] confers a statutory privilege of confidentiality on the patient’s records.”

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Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Gonzalez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-21· cited 452×
• Zane v. Friends Hospital
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-19· cited 203×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2000-04-26· cited 175×
• Hahnemann University Hospital v. Edgar
  Third Circuit· 1996-01-16· cited 99×
• T.M. v. Elwyn, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-04· cited 75×
• Commonwealth v. Wood
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-03· cited 59×
• Gormley v. Edgar
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-26· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Fewell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-10· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-03· cited 33×
• Com. v. Segarra, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-02-10· cited 19×
• Johnsonbaugh v. Department of Public Welfare
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-31· cited 15×
• Pasquini, B. v. Fairmount Behavioral Health System
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-03-25· cited 9×
• Christy Ex Rel. Christy v. Wordsworth-At-Shawnee
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-04-05· cited 7×
• Allen v. Montgomery Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-12-19· cited 2×
• In the Interest of: J.M.G., a Minor
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-04-22
• Leskin v. Christman
  Carbon County Court of Common Pleas· 2006-01-20
• Com. v. Nuzzo, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-10-18

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Story
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 730×
• Commonwealth v. Westcott
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-19· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Sweger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-26· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Petrino
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-20· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Blaker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-29· cited 24×
• Kakas v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-01· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-30· cited 10×