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ALLRED v. STATE

No. 2343.

554 P.2d 411 (1976)

James D. ALLRED, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip P. Weidner, Herbert D. Soll, Anchorage and Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Research Committee, Harvard Law School, for petitioner.

Stephen G. Dunning, Asst. Dist. Atty., and Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for respondent.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and ERWIN, JJ., and DIMOND, J. Pro Tem.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This case requires us to determine whether, and to what extent, a psychotherapist evidentiary privilege exists in Alaska.

On February 20, 1974, Paul D. O'Keefe was found dead in a hotel room in Anchorage. The room was rented to James D. Allred. Subsequently he was located by the Anchorage police at the Langdon Psychiatric Clinic, and was taken to police facilities for further questioning.

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