Legal Opinion
Allred v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 12, 1976No. 2343PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNOR, Justice.
This case requires us to determine whether, and to what extent, a psychotherapist evidentiary privilege exists in Alaska.
On February 20, 1974, Paul D. O’Keefe was found dead in a hotel room in Anchorage. The room was rented to James D. Allred. Subsequently he was located by the Anchorage police at the Langdon Psychiatric Clinic, and was taken to police facilities for further questioning.
It is claimed that following detailed questioning by Investigator Ronald J. Rice, Allred made incriminating statements concerning the death of O’Keefe. There was no tape-recorded…
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- In Re LifschutzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
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3Cited by32 opinions
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