STATE IN INTEREST OF D.F.

No. 95-C-0796.

660 So.2d 913 (1995)

STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of D.F.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Connick, District Attorney, Lisa W. Lavie, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, for relator.

Warren Deagano, Jr., Law Offices of Warren Deagano, Jr., New Orleans, for respondent, D.F.

Deborah Cunningham Foshee, Judith W. Giorlando, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, for Jo Ellen Smith Psychiatric Hosp.

Before BARRY, CIACCIO and MURRAY, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

Defendant was charged with committing forcible rape while both he and the victim were patients at the Jo Ellen Smith Psychiatric Hospital (hospital). Defendant moved for a subpoena duces tecum to the hospital for disclosure of records listing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all patients in the unit at the time of the offense. The hospital responded that it could not disclose that information because of the confidentiality requirement...

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