Legal Opinion
State v. Roper
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided June 19, 1996No. 16027PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
APODACA, Chief Judge.
1. The State appeals the trial court’s order suppressing the results of Defendant’s blood test. We determine that the results of Defendant’s blood test were protected by the physician-patient privilege, SCRA 1986, 11-504 (Repl.1994). We therefore affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
2. Defendant and a passenger were involved in a vehicular accident. Defendant lost control of his motorcycle when he hit either a pothole or a patch of gravel. Both he and the passenger sustained injuries requiring medical attention. A police officer questioned Defendant at the…
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