Littlefield v. Superior Court

Opinion

KINGSLEY, J.

By petition for mandate filed in this court September 3, 1982, petitioners seek to vacate the trial court’s rulings of August 23 and 24, 1982, which overrule petitioner Bianchi’s claim of attorney/client privilege and clergyman/penitent privilege. The challenged orders require prosecution witness Bianchi to testify on cross-examination as to the content of confidential conversations between him and his defense counsel, petitioner Los Angeles County Public Defender, concerning the “Hillside Strangler” murders and compel the public defender to disclose to defendant Buono’s…