Legal Opinion
In Re Special Grand Jury No. 81-1 (Leon D. Harvey)
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1982No. 81-2187PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises the question whether the district court should have quashed a subpoena issued by a grand jury to an attorney representing the appellant, Leon D. Harvey, who is a target of an ongoing grand jury investigation. In the motion to quash that the district court denied, Harvey argues that if his attorney is forced to appear before the grand jury, his sixth amendment right to choose his own attorney will be infringed and information protected by the attorney-client privilege will be revealed. We believe that in this situation, where the attorney subpoenaed by a…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by59 opinions
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