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Ninth Circuit Rejects Prisoner's Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Medical Records, Self Incrimination, Mental Health. Location: Montana.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a prisoner's conviction for
threatening President George W. Bush.

Robert Romo was confined at Montana's Dawson County Adult Correction and
Detention Facility. While there, Romo met with Donald LaPlante, a
licensed professional counselor whose job included providing &
psychological counseling and a host ...

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