Legal Opinion
State v. Martinez
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided August 28, 2003No. 08-01-00212-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
In this case of wide public interest bearing overtones of scandal and political intrigue, we consider whether conversations between a deputy police chief of the El Paso Police Department and an Assistant City Attorney are protected by the attorney-client privilege. Confidential information was leaked to the local newspaper and a television station concerning an ongoing investigation into administrative issues within the police department. Deputy Chief Cerjio Martinez and Assistant Chief George DeAngelis were considered possible suspects. A criminal…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Romero v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Leslie Ray Cox R.M. Cox Larry Driver Barry Nichols John Bullard Robert W. Kennedy, Jr. Lorenzo G. East Clarence M. Pope, Jr. C.R. Altes Jack E. Merrymon Terry P. West R.S. Arnold M.W. Milstead J.W. Wade Manning A.C. Snider Terry H. Melvin Thomas E. Hill Gary D. Swann Ronald E. Frazier Anthony J. Crapet Robert M. Green Heath L. McMeans III Billy Carter Joe A. Knight, George Boglin, Wardell Clark, Phillip L. Drummond, Don L. Flurry, Dennis R. Fulton, Dennis E. Jones, W.T. Mayberry, James R. Miller, Willie J. Nation, Oscar Lee Perry, Robert Poole, Brack Wells, Willie Young, Harry S. Turner v. Administrator United States Steel & Carnegie and United States Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc and Usx Corporation, A/K/A United States Steel Corporation, Leslie Ray Cox, R.M. Cox, Larry Driver, Barry Nichols, John Bullard, Robert W. Kennedy, Jr., Lorenzo G. East, Clarence M. Pope, C.R. Altes, Jack E. Merrymon, Terry P. West, R.S. Arnold, M.W. Milstead, J.W. Wade, A.C. Snider, Terry H. Melvin, Thomas E. Hill, Gary D. Swann, Ronald E. Frazier, Anthony J. Crapet, Robert M. Green, Heath L. McMeans Iii, Billy Carter, Joe A. Knight, George Boglin, Wardell Clark, Phillip L. Drummond, Don L. Flurry, Dennis R. Fulton, Dennis E. Jones, W.T. Mayberry, James R. Miller, Willie J. Nation, Oscar Lee Perry, Robert Poole, Brack Wells, Willie Young, Harry S. Turner v. Administrator United States Steel & Carnegie, United States Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund, Usx Corporation, A/K/A United States Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Huie v. DeShazoTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- State v. RobertsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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3Cited by7 opinions
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