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STATE v. DISTRICT COURT OF IOWA, IN & FOR LINN COUNTY

No. 56223.

218 N.W.2d 641 (1974)

STATE of Iowa, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT OF IOWA, IN AND FOR LINN COUNTY, and William R. Eads, Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Faches, County Atty., and Eugene J. Kopecky, Cedar Rapids, for petitioner.

Robert C. Nelson and Robert M. Fassler, Cedar Rapids, for respondents.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and MASON, RAWLINGS, REYNOLDSON and HARRIS, JJ.

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to test the legality of respondent's order suppressing an implied consent blood test on the ground it violated the doctor-patient privilege. We sustain the writ and remand with directions.

At approximately 6:00 P.M. June 17, 1972, Francis Russell Lyman was driving a vehicle which came into collision with another car in Linn County, Iowa. A passenger in the other auto died as a result of his injuries....

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