CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Attorney-Client Privilege
.........Attorney's Breach of
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • Reversal required where D's counsel violated attorney-client privilege by revealing to court and DA the content of his conversations with D.
  • No need to quash search warrant and suppress evidence based on lawyer’s breach of atty-client privilege where government did not procure or induce that breach.
  • When police use informant to get warrant, and D seeks to quash it, believing informant was his lawyer and police procured breach of lawyer-client privilege, in camera review is proper procedure for motion.