IN RE SUBPOENA NO. 22.


709 A.2d 385 (1998)

In re SUBPOENA NO. 22. Appeal of A.B., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin R. Shuster, Philadelphia, for appellant.

William R. Toal, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Havertown, for the Com., participating party.

Before KELLY, JOHNSON and HOFFMAN, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

In this appeal we are asked to decide whether the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas properly denied appellant's, A.B.'s, motion to quash Subpoena No. 22. Specifically, we must determine whether the privilege accorded psychotherapist-client communications bars the disclosure of previous communications between a client and his psychotherapist to a special grand jury investigating the client's murder. We hold that, under the unique circumstances of...

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