Legal Opinion
State v. Heaney
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 2, 2004No. A03-1401PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYER-, Justice.
The district court suppressed blood-alcohol evidence in the vehicular homicide prosecution of Joseph Heaney on the ground that the evidence is privileged under Minnesota’s physician-patient privilege, set forth in Minn.Stat. § 595.02, subd. 1(d) (2002). The state appealed, claiming that an exception to Wisconsin’s medical privilege statute, allowing for the admission of this type of evidence, should apply because treatment and blood testing occurred in Wisconsin. The court of appeals affirmed the suppression of the blood-alcohol evidence. We reverse.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Milkovich v. SaariSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
- State v. OthoudtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- Consolidation Coal Co. v. Bucyrus-Erie Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1982
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