STATE v. HEANEY

No. A03-1401.

689 N.W.2d 168 (2004)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Joseph Steven HEANEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 2, 2004.


OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

The district court suppressed blood-alcohol evidence in the vehicular homicide prosecution of Joseph Heaney on the ground that the evidence is privileged under Minnesota's physician-patient privilege, set forth in Minn.Stat. § 595.02, subd. 1(d) (2002). The state appealed, claiming that an exception to Wisconsin's medical privilege statute, allowing for the admission of this type of evidence, should apply because treatment and...

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