Commonwealth v. Maguigan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
*116OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice *
In this matter we granted allocatur to address the important issue of whether the attorney-client privilege precludes an attorney from disclosing the whereabouts of a fugitive client. By order dated June 27,1983, the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County entered a judgment of civil contempt against Holly Maguigan, Esquire, (“appellee”) because she refused to comply with its order requiring disclosure of the whereabouts of her client, Carlos Aquino (“Aquino”). In Commonwealth v. Maguigan, 323 Pa.Super. 317, 470 A.2d 611 (1983), the Superior Court reversed the…
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