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PEOPLE v. STRITZINGER

Docket No. Crim. 22924.

34 Cal.3d 505 (1983)

668 P.2d 738

194 Cal. Rptr. 431

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARL WILLIAM STRITZINGER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

September 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Friedman & Warner, Kenneth R. Warner and Daniel Friedman for Defendant and Appellant.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, and Marjorie C. Swartz, Deputy State Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and Otis D. Wright, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of multiple counts of child molestation. He contends that certain evidentiary rulings at his trial violated his psychotherapist-patient privilege and his right to confrontation. As will appear, we conclude that both points are well taken and compel reversal of the judgment.

During a 15-month period ending May 1981...

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