State v. Ogle

*86ROBERTS, J.

Defendant appeals his conviction for failure to appear in the first degree. He contends that testimony of his former counsel should have been excluded from evidence as violative of the attorney-client privilege. The testimony was that the former counsel had sent a letter to defendant notifying him of a court appearance date. We hold that the testimony falls outside the scope of the privilege and was therefore properly admitted into evidence.

Defendant was arrested and charged with two counts of forgery in the first degree. He was released pending arraignment after signing a Security…