IN RE AUCLAIR

No. 92-1116 Summary Calendar.

961 F.2d 65 (1992)

In re Grand Jury Proceedings Jean AUCLAIR. Victor Feazell, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.G. Morris and David L. Botsford, Austin, Tex., for appellant.

Richard Alan Anderson, Dallas, Tex., for amicus, Texas Crim. Defense Lawyers Ass'n.

Gerald H. Goldstein, Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley, San Antonio, Tex., for amicus, Nat. Ass'n. of Crim. Defense Lawyers.

Mark R. Stelmach, Kelly Loving, Richard L. Durbin, Asst. U.S. Attys. and Ronald F. Ederer, U.S. Atty., Austin, for appellees.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Victor Feazell appeals an order requiring Charles Burton, his attorney, to testify before a grand jury about conversations with Feazell and rejecting Feazell's invocation of the attorney-client privilege. Concluding that a valid attorney-client privilege exists, we reverse.

Background

The facts underlying this appeal bear a close recounting. This matter arises out of an ongoing criminal proceeding. On July 2, 1991 a federal...

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