U.S. v. Bey

In prosecution on charge of failing to surrender to prison authorities, Dist. Ct. did not err in admitting portions of letter that defendant’s counsel wrote to defendant that advised defendant as to date when she was to report to prison authorities. While defendant argued that such evidence should have been excluded under attorney-client privilege, Ct. found that said privilege did not apply, where defendant’s counsel was merely forwarding public information that had been contained in court order. Fact that defendant’s counsel had alerted defendant to surrender date did not transform said information into confidential legal advice.