Greenberg v. State
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Roger Greenberg was indicted and tried before a jury on five counts related to the care of Evelyn Zucker, to whom Greenberg had been married. During the proceeding against Greenberg, the trial judge permitted Greenberg's former lawyer, Mark Hessel, to testify as part of the State's case-in-chief. After Greenberg was convicted, he sought reversal on the grounds that the trial court allowed Hessel to testify without conducting a preliminary inquiry regarding the surrounding facts and circumstances of Hessel's representation of Greenberg, the complete circumstances related to Greenberg's possible waiver of privilege, and the scope of the prosecution's proposed use of the evidence at trial. The Court of Appeals granted certiorari and reversed, holding that the trial court erred in determining that Greenberg waived the attorney-client privilege and that the error was not harmless. Remanded for a new trial.
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