Legal Opinion
State v. Pelley
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 14, 2005No. 71S03-0403-CR-134PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUCKER, Justice.
Because of a statutorily created privilege, communication to a social worker from the social worker's client is protected from disclosure. But the privilege does not extend to communication taking place before the statute was enacted.
Facts and Procedural History
In 2002, Robert Jeffrey Pelley ("Pelley") was charged with the April 29, 1989 slayings of his father-Reverend Robert Pel-ley, stepmother-Dawn Peliey, and two minor stepsisters-Janel Pelley and Jolene Pelley. From May 27, 1986 until April 27, 1989, two days before the murders, Pelley, his father, and his stepmother…
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