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STATE v. KEENAN

TC C8612-36601; CA A43996; SC S35311.

771 P.2d 244 (1989)

307 Or. 515

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff (below), v. Charles M. KEENAN, Defendant (below). In re Contempt of Nan WALLER. State of Oregon, Respondent On Review, v. Nan Waller, Petitioner On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided March 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Matasar of Hoffman, Matasar & Glaeser, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner on review.

Jonathan H. Fussner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent on review. With him on the response brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before PETERSON, C.J., and LINDE, CAMPBELL, CARSON, JONES and GILLETTE, JJ., and VAN HOOMISSEN, J. Pro Tem.

LINDE, Justice.

The question before us is whether a lawyer who had represented a defendant in a criminal case committed contempt of court when she refused to disclose the dates on which she conferred with her former client.

The lawyer, Nan Waller, was appointed in October 1985 to represent Charles Keenan, who was suspected of murdering Scott Webb. Waller informed the prosecutor and police that she represented Keenan...

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