HICKS v. COM.

Record No. 1546-92-2.

439 S.E.2d 414 (1994)

Curburna HICKS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esther J. Windmueller, Asst. Public Defender (David J. Johnson, Richmond Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Kathleen B. Martin, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen D. Rosenthal, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BARROW, BENTON and COLEMAN, JJ.


BARROW, Judge.

In this criminal appeal, the defendant contends that an incriminating statement he made to an accomplice's attorney was inadmissible because it was a privileged communication with the attorney. We hold that the defendant's communication to the attorney was privileged and was not admissible into evidence without the defendant's waiver of the privilege.

During a search of the accomplice's apartment, the police found the defendant, the accomplice...

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