In what circumstances will a court allow a defendant's medical records to be excluded from trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Sims, 637 F.2d 625 (9th Cir. 1980):
In United States v. Ives, 609 F.2d 930 (9th Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 919, 100 S.Ct. 1283, 63 L.Ed.2d 605 (1980), the defendant was charged with a 1971 murder on an Indian reservation. During his third trial, in 1978, the district court excluded all medical records after 1973 on the ground that they were too remote in time. On appeal, this circuit held that the evidence should have been admitted:
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