State v. Betts’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 13 state decisions

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1. ““* * * Assuming [that] * * * the privilege is responsible in some instances for a physician being better able to perform his mission, it is still necessary to examine the other side of the proposition. How is the public welfare, that part that is dependent upon the efficient administration of criminal justice, served by the privilege? Unquestionably, the administration of criminal justice is impeded by the privilege. A physician attending a defendant is frequently the sole or most competent source of very relevant evidence. In the present case the physician was the person best qualified to testify to a relevant fact, — was the defendant intoxicated? In other cases the question could be, — was the defendant under the influence of narcotics or how recently did the defendant’s wound appear to have been inflicted? It seems obvious that the testimony of the treating physician is highly important in many criminal cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 10 Ohio App. 3d 258 - State v. Dress

2. “(1) When the death of any person ensues within three years as a proximate result of injury proximately caused by the driving of any vehicle by any person, the driver is guilty of vehicular homicide if the driver was operating a motor vehicle: (a) While under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, as defined by RCW 46.61.502; or (b) In a reckless manner; or (c) With disregard for the safety of others.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 105 Wash. App. 67 - State v. Donahue