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Criminal law — Traffic infractions — Evidence — Statements of defendant — Accident report privilege 

Sep 05th, 2023 in by admin

Criminal law — Traffic infractions — Evidence — Statements of defendant — Accident report privilege — Statements made by defendant reporting crash and how crash occurred are subject to accident report privilege — Statements made by defendant that were neither in response to officer’s questions nor for purpose of completing traffic crash report and which did not constitute information relating to crash are not subject to accident report privilege and are admissible