Legal Question in Criminal Law in Maryland

Re: Attorney Client Priviledge

No communication of a client to an attorney about the crime can be communicated to anyone without the client's consent.

The Attorney/Client privelege is a privelege of the client.

If the client admits to the crime, this admission cannot be divulged without the consent of the client.

If the cliet says he INTENDS to commit a crime in the future, this comminication must (perhaps) ) be divulged.

Actual guilt or innocence is irrelevant in a criminal trial.

There is no verdict of "innocent". Either the State has proved beyonf a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime, or it has not.

If it has, the verdict is guilty. If not, the verdivct is "not guilty". Hopefully, a defendant found guilty, ios actually guilty, hoever, there is no legal requirement that this be so.

An attorney cannot conspire with his client to give false evidence. i.e., the attorney cannot suborn purjury.

No attorney in his right mind would do so.

A criminal trial is a contest.

The State has the burden of proving each element of an offense beyond a reasonable doubt.

Dfense counsel, attempts to create reasonable doubt. Neither the state nor the defense can resort to false testimony to do so. Furthermore, the State has the obligation of divulging to the defendant., any exculpatory information in its knowledge or possession.

Hop this answer satisfies your question.

Regards,

Tom in Md.