Tyson v. State

The petitioner, Jerry Antone Tyson, seeks certiorari review of an order permitting the State to subpoena Tyson’s medical records. Tyson contends that the order departed from the essential requirements of law, as his records have no relevance to any issue in the prosecution below. We agree and quash the trial court’s order.

Tyson was arrested and charged by indictment for first-degree felony murder and robbery with a deadly weapon based upon a botched robbery and stabbing death of a fifty-two-year-old disabled man at a McDonald’s restaurant. Tyson was previously convicted of manslaughter and…