State v. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice,

for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. The State of Mississippi appeals unto this Court an order issued by the Circuit Court of Lowndes County quashing a grand jury subpoena duces tecum and a search warrant issued as part of a criminal investigation of a homicide. The documents requested information regarding medical records of patients of the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle (BMH-GT) who had been treated for lacerations during a specified time period. The hospital refused to comply with the subpoena duces tecum and the search warrant based on…