{"id":38568,"date":"2019-07-15T07:31:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T12:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=38568"},"modified":"2019-07-15T09:03:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T14:03:01","slug":"ny3-evidence-seized-from-defense-counsel-was-not-privileged-because-of-crime-fraud-exception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=38568","title":{"rendered":"NY3: Evidence seized from defense counsel was not privileged because of crime-fraud exception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somehow, papers were seized [or obtained] from the county public defender in the case [without explanation, which is not uncommon in New York appellate cases], and defendant claimed attorney-client privilege. The court finds the crime-fraud exception applies, and what was obtained was admissible. <a href=\"http:\/\/nycourts.gov\/reporter\/3dseries\/2019\/2019_05591.htm\">People v Gannon<\/a>, 2019 NY Slip Op 05591, 2019 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5618 (3d Dept. July 11, 2019):<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With respect to defendant&#8217;s claim of attorney-client privilege, we find that the crime-fraud exception applied because there was reasonable cause to believe that the items seized pursuant to the search warrant constituted physical evidence of a crime and that their delivery to counsel was for the purpose of concealing evidence, not for seeking legal advice (see People v Kimes, 37 AD3d 1, 27, 831 N.Y.S.2d 1 [2006], lv denied 8 NY3d 881, 864 N.E.2d 624, 832 N.Y.S.2d 494 [2007]).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somehow, papers were seized [or obtained] from the county public defender in the case [without explanation, which is not uncommon in New York appellate cases], and defendant claimed attorney-client privilege. The court finds the crime-fraud exception applies, and what was &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=38568\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-privileges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38574,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38568\/revisions\/38574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}