Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/6/1979

Commonwealth v. O'BRIEN

Citations

388 N.E.2d 658
377 Mass. 772
1979 Mass. LEXIS 1108

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“[t]he attorney-client privilege may extend to preliminary communications looking toward representation even if representation is never undertaken”
where the prosecutor made reference to an imaginary conversation between defense counsel and an expert witness
privilege may extend to preliminary communications looking to representation even if representation is not undertaken
privilege may extend to preliminary communications looking to representation even if representation is not undertaken
“attorney-client privilege may extend to preliminary communications looking toward representation even if representation is never undertaken”
the prosecutor was entitled to establish, if he could, that the defendant had contrived his insanity defense

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Wilkins, Liacos

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