Legal Opinion
In Re Hall County Grand Jury Proceedings
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 27, 1985No. 71087PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Judge.
Mr. William Binion is an accountant. In May of 1985, Mr. Binion was called to appear as a witness before the Grand Jury of Hall County. He was questioned concerning accounting work that he had done for several of his former clients. Mr. Binion freely responded to questions of a general nature. As to specifics, however, he invoked, on behalf of those clients, the accountant-client privilege and declined to answer. The grand jury filed a motion in the Superior Court of Hall County, seeking an order to compel Mr. Binion to testify as to those matters to which a claim of privilege…
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