Legal Opinion
In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Jean Auclair. Victor Feazell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1992No. 92-1116PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 grand jury in the Western District of Texas indicted Jean Auclair for mail fraud and for false declarations to a federal court. Auclair was accused of…
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