Duquesne Law Review
Abstract
The United States Supreme Court has held that the mere presence of an undercover agent at a pretrial conference between a criminal defendant and his attorney does not violate the defendant's sixth amendment right to counsel or his fourteenth amendment right to a fair trial, and hence cannot be the basis of a section 1983 claim, absent proof that the agent revealed the substance of the consultation to the government.
Weatherford v. Bursey, 429 U.S. 545 (1977).
First Page
269
Recommended Citation
Nancy E. Pirt,
Constitutional Law - Sixth Amendment - Right to Counsel - Confidentiality of Attorney-Client Consultation,
16
Duq. L. Rev.
269
(1977).
Available at:
https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol16/iss2/11