Secrest v. State

VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal of a conviction for second degree murder arising out of a motor vehicle collision where the central issue at trial was the identity of the driver, we hold that it was reversible error to admit into evidence, over objection asserting the physician-patient privilege, an admission to a treating emergency room physician by the defendant that he was the driver.

We also hold that the State violated Superior Court Criminal Rule 16 by failing promptly to disclose the substance of the opinions to be offered by its expert witness. In view of the reversal of the…