Supreme Court of South Carolina· 5/31/2017

State v. Blackwell

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420 S.C. 127
801 S.E.2d 713
2017 S.C. LEXIS 84

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holding the relevance, materiality, and admissibility of a witness's mental health records are within the sound discretion of the trial court
adopting a \procedure that effectuates the legislative mandates of section 44-22-100 of the South Carolina Code [2018] and the constitutional protections of the Confrontation Clause.\
discussing \a witness's state constitutional right to privacy\ relating to \confidential mental health records\ (footnote omitted)
upholding a death sentence as proportional where the defendant kidnapped and killed the daughter of his ex-wife's boyfriend
noting the novel issue before the Court was \whether a criminal defendant's constitutional right to confront a witness trumps a witness's state constitutional right to privacy and statutory privilege to maintain confidential mental health records\
noting the novel issue before the Court was \whether a criminal defendant's constitutional right to confront a witness trumps a witness's state constitutional right to privacy and statutory privilege to maintain confidential mental health records\

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Judges: Beatty, Few, Hearn, Kittredge, Pleicones

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