HARRIS v. STATE

3 Div. 339.

206 So.2d 868 (1968)

In re Lea HARRIS v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Coburn, Jr. and Lea Harris, Montgomery, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., for the State.


LAWSON, Justice.

This is a most confusing record.

We construe the record to show that Honorable Lea Harris, a practicing attorney of the Montgomery County Bar, was called before the Grand Jury of Montgomery County on November 13, 1967, and was asked the following question: `Who contacted you to represent Gary Cooper?"

Mr. Harris refused to answer on the ground that the question called for a privileged communication between attorney and client.

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