Court Opinion

ID: 9561834
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:17:05.408718+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:14:35.254515
License: Public Domain

dissenting. The defendant was charged by the state with operating a vehicle while he was under the influence of intoxicating liquor. In such case the physical condition of the defendant is in issue. The issue of defendant’s physical condition is joined by the plea of not guilty. In the majority opinion it is said subsection (d) of K.S.A. 60-427 is applicable only after the patient has offered evidence of his physical condition. I do not read it that way. Subsection (d) provides there is no privilege under this section in an action in which the condition of the patient is an element or factor of the defense of the patient. Subsection (d) of the statute applies, in my opinion, and the testimony of the doctor as to defendant’s physical condition was properly admitted. I would affirm this conviction.
McFarland, J., joins in the foregoing dissenting opinion.