LITTLEFIELD v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 66300.

136 Cal.App.3d 477 (1982)

186 Cal. Rptr. 368

WILBUR F. LITTLEFIELD, as Public Defender, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

October 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Laurence M. Sarnoff, Alan H. Simon and Albert J. Menaster, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Gerald L. Chaleff, Katherine Mader and Edward J. Horowitz for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

KINGSLEY, J.

By petition for mandate filed in this court September 3, 1982, petitioners seek to vacate the trial court's rulings of August 23 and 24, 1982, which overrule petitioner Bianchi's claim of attorney/client privilege and clergyman/penitent privilege. The challenged orders require prosecution witness Bianchi to testify on cross-examination as to the content of confidential conversations between him and his defense...

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