Legal Opinion
Scull v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 16, 1988No. B035045PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STONE (S. J.), P. J.
Alvis Joe Scull (hereafter referred to as petitioner) seeks relief by way of a writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to set aside its order allowing representatives of the district attorney’s office to contact petitioner’s former patients. We find that the respondent superior court order violated the psychotherapist-patient privilege (Evid. Code, § 1010 et seq.) and shall grant the petition.
Facts
On March 28, 1988, petitioner was arrested and charged with four counts of sexually molesting a teenaged patient. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a).) Petitioner,…
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