In Re Special Investigation No. 229

This is yet another case involving the accountant-client privilege. See In Re Special Investigation No. 236, 295 Md. 573, 458 A.2d 75 (1983), for a case argued the same day. This proceeding also involves the investigation by the Attorney General into Medicaid fraud. A subpoena was laid in the hands of an accountant. Those whose papers were affected sought and obtained an order of the Criminal Court of Baltimore quashing the subpoena on the grounds of the accountant-client privilege. The Attorney General appealed to the Court of Special Appeals. On our own motion we issued a writ of certiorari…