IN RE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION NO. 236

[No. 115, September Term, 1982.]

295 Md. 573 (1983)

458 A.2d 75

IN RE: SPECIAL INVESTIGATION NO. 236

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefan D. Cassella, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and John-Claude Charbonneau, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

David R. Addis, with whom were Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ., and W. ALBERT MENCHINE, Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), specially assigned.


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

We shall here hold that the accountant-client privilege provided under Maryland Code (1974, 1980 Repl. Vol.) § 9-110, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, is not applicable to a subpoena issued by a grand jury.

Pursuant to various authorizations from the Governor of Maryland under Maryland Constitution Art. V, § 3 (a) (2), the Attorney General of Maryland for quite some time has been engaged in investigations...

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