Legal Opinion
Priest v. Hennessy
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1980PublishedCited by 214 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
This case involves an ongoing Grand Jury investigation of prostitution in Onondaga County. During the course of this investigation, several women testified before the Grand Jury concerning their involvement in prostitution between 1975 and the present. Petitioners Richard D. Priest and George M. Raus are attorneys who had represented some of these witnesses on various occasions during this time period. The Grand Jury seeks to obtain information regarding the nature of the fee arrangements between petitioners, their former clients and any third party who may have…
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