STATE v. PRATT

[No. 43, September Term, 1978.]

284 Md. 516 (1979)

398 A.2d 421

STATE OF MARYLAND v. MARGARET MELTON PRATT

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Rosenbaum, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

Robert C. Heeney, with whom was John M. Quinn on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE and COLE, JJ.


DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented by this criminal cause is one of first impression in this State, and yet, it involves "the oldest of the privileges for confidential communications" — that which exists between an attorney and his client. 8 J. Wigmore, Evidence in Trials at Common Law § 2290, at 542 (McNaughton rev. 1961). Stated succinctly, we are asked to decide whether this privilege was violated when, over...

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