State v. Phelps

Connecticut Superior Court

State v. Phelps

1 Kirby 282

DecidedMarch 15, 1787

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State v. Phelps, 1 Kirby 282 (Colo. Ct. App. 1787).

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ON a criminal prosecution, it was moved — That tbe state’s attorney might testify what the prisoner bad disclosed to bim, upon an application to be admitted a witness for tbe state; which tbe court refused, and said — Disclosures, under such circumstances, to tbe attorney, ought to be considered as confidential, and it would tend to defeat tbe benefits tbe public may derive from them, should they be made use of to tbe prejudice of those from whom they come.

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ON a criminal prosecution, it was moved — That tbe state’s attorney might testify what the prisoner bad disclosed to bim, upon an application to be admitted a witness for tbe state; which tbe court refused, and said — Disclosures, under such circumstances, to tbe attorney, ought to be considered as confidential, and it would tend to defeat tbe benefits tbe public may derive from them, should they be made use of to tbe prejudice of those from whom they come.

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1 Kirby 282, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-phelps-connsuperct-1787.