Legal Opinion
People v. Hanf
New York County Courts
Decided March 25, 1994PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Patricia D. Marks, J.
This is a decision on a unique issue of law regarding the application of the physician-patient privilege to communications between an emergency medical technician and a person who provides information on behalf of a patient.
The defendant, Chester Hanf, is accused of criminally negligent homicide in the death of his wife Tina Hanf. The People seek to offer as evidence at trial apparent admissions against penal interest. These admissions were allegedly made by the defendant to an emergency medical technician who treated his wife at the scene of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Williams v. Roosevelt HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
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