State v. Longo

Appellant, State of Missouri, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County sustaining respondent’s, James Longo’s, motion to disqualify a State’s witness due to the attorney-client privilege. 1 We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Respondent was charged with violating RSMo § 566.080 (1986), deviate sexual assault in the second degree, a Class D felony and with violating RSMo § 566.090 (1986), sexual misconduct, a Class A misdemeanor on July 2, 1988. On September 1, 1988, the State endorsed C.C., a St. Louis County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, as a witness against the…