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STATE v. DOE

No. 2002-1666.

101 Ohio St.3d 170 (2004)

2004-Ohio-705

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. DOE; LEWIS, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 3, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathias H. Heck Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and Carley J. Ingram, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Sirkin, Pinales, Mezibov & Schwartz, L.L.P., Martin S. Pinales, John P. Feldmeier and Jarrod M. Mohler; Bieser, Greer & Landis, L.L.P., and David C. Greer; and Steve Keller, Federal Public Defender, for appellant.

Richard A. Magnus, urging reversal for amici curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Maumee Valley Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and Greater Cincinnati Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Jim Petro, Attorney General, Douglas R. Cole, State Solicitor, Stephen P. Carney, Senior Deputy Solicitor, Diane Richards Brey, Deputy Solicitor, and Elizabeth Luper Schuster, Assistant Solicitor, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Attorney General of Ohio.

Submitted October 22, 2003, at the Clinton County Session.

MOYER, C.J.

{¶ 1} This appeal concerns contempt proceedings brought against attorney Beth Goldstein Lewis, appellant. Lewis, citing attorney-client privilege and the advice of counsel, refused to answer written interrogatories propounded to her by a Montgomery County grand jury, even after having been ordered to do so by the Common...

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