PEOPLE v. GARDNER

Docket No. 18802.

106 Cal.App.3d 882 (1980)

165 Cal. Rptr. 415

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LARRY AUGUSTUS GARDNER, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

June 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Harriet Wiss Hirsch, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein and Linda Ludlow, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GRODIN, J.

Larry A. Gardner appeals from his conviction of first degree murder. Among other arguments, he contends that it was error for the trial court to admit into evidence a confession contained in a letter which he wrote to his attorneys. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that admission of the confession violated the attorney-client privilege protected by Evidence Code sections 950-954, and that under applicable...

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