State v. Pratt

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that communications made to a psychiatrist in preparation for an insanity defense are protected by attorney-client privilege
• holding that communications made to a psychiatrist in preparation for an insanity defense are protected by attorney-client privilege
• prosecution use of defense psychiatrist as rebuttal witness violated attorney-client privilege; possible impact on sixth amendment rights noted
• prosecution use of defense psychiatrist as rebuttal witness violated attorney-client privilege; possible impact on sixth amendment rights noted
• in determining whether attorney-client privilege has been waived, “various factors such as the client’s intent to waive, fairness, and consistency of conduct must be considered in view of the purpose of the privilege”
• “the [attorney-client] privilege is ... closely tied to the federal ... constitutional guarantees of the effective assistance of counsel and could, if limited too severely, make these basic guarantees virtually meaningless”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

57 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Ross
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
• State v. Bonds
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-11-10· cited 163×
• Rubin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-03-06· cited 102×
• Fraidin v. Weitzman
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-09-04· cited 90×
• Parler & Wobber v. Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-07-25· cited 71×
• State v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1982-08-31· cited 63×
• State v. Garcia
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1983-06-10· cited 54×
• People v. Knuckles
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-04-20· cited 52×
• State v. Pawlyk
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-10-25· cited 52×
• Hutchinson v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-09-08· cited 51×
• Donald Lee Noggle v. Ronald C. Marshall, Supt.
  Sixth Circuit· 1983-05-05· cited 49×
• Newman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-12-13· cited 48×
• State v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-01-09· cited 45×
• Marano v. Holland
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-02-01· cited 44×
• Anderson v. Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-07-30· cited 43×
• State v. Dodis
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-01-15· cited 40×
• Butler v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-04-29· cited 39×
• City of College Park v. Cotter
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-06-03· cited 33×
• Gordon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-05-20· cited 33×
• Ballew v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-10-27· cited 32×