California Court of Appeal· 1/15/1970

People v. Lee

Citations

3 Cal. App. 3d 514
83 Cal. Rptr. 715
1970 Cal. App. LEXIS 2234

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stolen dictaphone and calculator that defendant was alleged to have received before turning over to attorney
stolen dictaphone and calculator that defendant was alleged to have received before turning over to attorney
“A defendant in a criminal case may not permanently sequester physical evidence such as a weapon or other article used in the perpetration of a crime by delivering it to his attorney.”
\A defendant in a criminal case may not permanently sequester physical evidence such as a weapon or other article used in the perpetration of a crime by delivering it to his attorney.\
lawyer must turn over physical evidence of crime to prosecution; evidence itself not privileged
“. . . the fact that the client delivered 5 . . . evidence to his attorney may be privileged, the physical object [or information] itself 6 does not become privileged merely by reason of its transmission to the attorney”

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