U.S. v. Chase, No. 01-30200 (9th Cir.) (340 F.3d 978) (August 22, 2003) (Judge Susan P. Graber)
In this case a divided en banc court held that, even though the threats that the defendant communicated to his psychiatrist arguably constituted a crime, the psychotherapist-patient privilege, which is recognized by statute in all 50 states and was specifically recognized by the Supreme Court in Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 …
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