Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Starla BUCHANON, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-10-28
Citations: 610 So. 2d 467
Docket Number: No. 91-04143
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Starla BUCHANON, Appellee.
Judges: DANAHY, A.C.J., and CAMPBELL, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 610
Pages: 467–470

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Starla BUCHANON, Appellee.
No. 91-04143.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 28, 1992.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 13, 1992.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michele Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.
Tony C. Dodds of Law Office of T.W. Weeks, III, Lakeland, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The sole evidence to support the law enforcement officer's probable cause to order a blood test of appellee was appellee's treating physician's statement which itself was based solely upon the results of diagnostic tests performed on appellee. The trial judge correctly determined that the diagnostic information furnished by appel-lee's treating physician violated appellee's doctor/patient privilege as stated in section 395.017(3)(d), Florida Statutes (1991). That evidence, therefore, could not be properly utilized by the law enforcement officer as the sole source of probable cause to believe that alcohol was a factor in the accident in which appellee had been involved. State v. Wenger, 560 So.2d 347 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990); White v. State, 492 So.2d 1163 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).
Affirmed.
DANAHY, A.C.J., and CAMPBELL, J., concur.
ALTENBERND, J., dissents with opinion.