State v. Reed

This is a certiorari to review an order of the superior court granting the state pretrial access to medical and hospital records pertaining to the defendant, and directing defendant’s attorney to make available to the prosecuting attorney any such records and evidence in his possession or control.

By information filed in October, 1964, the prosecuting attorney for Pierce County charged defendant Reed with robbery of an employee of the Western Union Telegraph Company on September 16, 1964. Defendant, a soldier stationed at Fort Lewis, obtained release on surety bail and returned to duty. While…