Legal Opinion
People v. Fentress
New York County Courts
Decided February 13, 1980PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*181OPINION OF THE COURT
Albert M. Rosenblatt, J.
What are the statutory and ethical obligations of an attorney who receives a telephone call from a friend who.states that he has just killed someone and is about to take his own life? May the divulgence, under any circumstances, be disclosed, and if so, to whom, and with what consequences? The defendant argues that attorney-client confidentiality in this instance is. absolute, and that any disclosure which, directly or indirectly, leads to a discovery of the body and evidence, mandates dismissal of an indictment.
The defendant stands indicted for…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. BayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- People v. ArroyaveNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. TannerNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Bowne of New York City, Inc. v. AmBase Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- People v. GionisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
- United States v. EdgarCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Quintel Corp., N v. v. Citibank, N.A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Wemark v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1999
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