Freeman v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his convictions for rape, OCGA § 16-6-1; aggravated sodomy, OCGA § 16-6-2; and false imprisonment, OCGA § 16-5-41.

1. A psychiatrist, called as a witness by defendant, testified that the victim had been his patient for four years and that he had performed certain evaluations of her. In response to a question as to the results, he testified: “I found at that time the patient to be suffering some major psychiatric disorders.” The State objected on the basis of the patient-psychiatrist privilege. It was established out of the jury’s presence, that contrary…