In Re Search Warrant B-21778
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDermott, Justice.
This case presents us with a potential conflict between the legitimate governmental interest of law enforcement officers to secure evidence of crimes, and the constitutional protection of confidential transactions between attorney and client.
Early in 1982, the Medicaid Fraud section of the Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania began an investiga tion into suspected illegal activity relating to the purchase of exposed x-ray film from hospitals. A market exists for the exposed film because silver may be reclaimed from it through a refining process. In…
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