Commonwealth v. Doe

BLACK, J.,

The District Attorney of Lehigh County has moved for the entry of a court order, pursuant to 35 P.S. §7608, directing Sacred Heart Hospital to release the results of Human Immunodeficiency Virus blood tests of defendant, John Doe, both *74to the district attorney and to Jane Doe, whom defendant allegedly bit on the hand.1 The district attorney seeks information regarding the defendant’s HIV status because if defendant bit Jane Doe while knowingly infected with the virus, the district attorney intends to add more serious charges to the felony retail theft and assault charges already…