PEOPLE v. DIST. CT., COUNTY OF ADAMS

No. 90SA25.

797 P.2d 1259 (1990)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, and the Honorable Michael A. Obermeyer, Judge Thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Loew, County Atty., Howard Reinstein, Asst. County Atty., Commerce City, for petitioner.

Shaun Pearman, Denver, for respondents.


Chief Justice QUINN delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The question in this case is whether during a judicial review of a psychologist's certification for short-term treatment of a person alleged to be mentally ill, the person so certified may invoke the psychologist-client privilege in order to prevent the certifying psychologist from testifying to information obtained from that person during an emergency evaluation, when such information is necessary to an informed...

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