United States v. Jose De La Jara

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a defendant waived his attorney-client privilege with regards to a seized letter because he waited six months after the seizure to assert his privilege
• holding that a defendant waived his attorney-client privilege with regards to a seized letter because he waited six months after the seizure to assert his privilege
• concluding that privilege was waived when privilege holder “did nothing to recover the letter or protect its confidentiality during the six month interlude between its seizure and introduction into evidence”
• holding defendant waived attorney-client privilege when he made no attempt to assert privilege for six months
• stating that Norman would control if defendant had asked “Should I call my lawyer?”
• holding that question “clearly invoked the right to counsel”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).