Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 6/14/1983

State v. Fears

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659 S.W.2d 370
1983 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 413

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finding no Fourth Amendment protected privacy interest in medical records kept by health center
finding provision of Tennessee Public Records Act which makes medical records “confidential” does not apply -12- to prevent discovery in litigation
psychiatric reports made at the request of the victim's mother and kept under her control were not subject to Rule 16 discovery
psychiatric reports made at the request of the victim’s mother and kept under her control were not subject to Rule 16 discovery
So long as a witness is “sensitive to the obligation to tell the truth under oath . . . there is no requirement that [she] have sufficient academic learning to define an oath or articulate its obligations.”

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Judges: Tatum, Duncan, Cornelius

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