People v. Covington’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “and the trial court 's refusal to deliver it appropriate.4 Id. ¶28 After the court of appeals decided Sanchez but before the court decided Covington, the General Assembly amended the definition of serious bodily injury. We now review that amendment . D. The General Assembly's Amendment of the Serious Bodily Injury Definition ¶29 After Stroup , the General Assembly amended the definition of serious bodily injury to add a clarifying interjection, leaving the original phrasing otherwise unchanged. When this court decided Stroup ,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado v. Delbert Ray VIGIL

2. “[a] physician, surgeon, or registered professional ... shall not be examined without the consent of his patient as to any information acquired in attending the patient which was necessary to enable him to prescribe or act for the patient.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Covington

3. “encouragle]l patients to fully disclose medically relevant information to their physicians by reducing the possibility of humiliation or embarrassment through subsequent public disclosure of such information by the physician.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Covington