California Court of Appeal

The fact that a defendant was motivated to participate in psychotherapy as a condition of probation does not bar application of the psychotherapist-patient privilege to the records of that psychotherapy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/12/2003
• Published 06/12/2003

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Jose R. Villarreal, Public Defender, Mark A. Dames, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye, Deputy Attorney General, Catherine A. McBrien, Deputy Attorney General, for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No Appearances, for Respondent.