Other Privileged Relationships Self-Quiz
Defendant
Buddy Rich was convicted of lying on a law school educational loan application.
He hid assets from the government, in order to obtain thousands of extra
dollars during law school, and subsequently lived like a king in a palace
while his classmates struggled to study in cockroach-infested hovels.
In a civil suit Buddy was required by the plaintiff to pay back $100,000,
but the plaintiff has only collected a fraction of that amount. The plaintiff
suspects Buddy is again hiding assets, and serves interrogatories on Buddy’s
wife, Penelope Rich. Penelope asserts the marital privilege in refusing
to answer. What will the court do?
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Doctor Cartair
examines a patient, Chuck Mansohn, in the emergency room at a Chicago
hospital for a sprained leg. Cartair tells Mansohn that Mansohn will have
to remain in bed for a few days while Mansohn’s leg heals. Mansohn
says he can’t stay in bed – he has to meet his friend Mary
on Tuesday at the bank. Mansohn subsequently is arrested that Tuesday
in connection with a bank robbery reportedly committed with Mary faithfully
by his side. Cartair is called at a trial to give testimony regarding
what Mansohn said to him in the emergency room a few days prior to the
robbery. Upon objection by Mansohn’s attorney, a court will rule
the testimony is:
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A disgusted
onlooker saw Winona steal from a department store. Winona shoved expensive
bars of designer soap down her pants and tried to hide a bottle of perfume
in a small handbag. Winona was caught when the bottle top broke off in
the handbag and the perfume spread all over her and her clothes. The witness
told a store representative, who in turn told a security guard, who apprehended
Winona and called the police. Winona was put on trial for shoplifting,
and her defense was that she intended to pay for the items. Winona’s
estranged husband was willing to testify against her. He was going to
state that Winona confided in him, after he bailed her out of prison,
that Winona really did try to steal the items. Winona’s attorney
objects on privilege grounds. The judge will hold the testimony to be:
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Muddy Bathwaters,
a famous bluesman, is on trial in federal court in Manhattan for conspiring
to defraud B.B. King’s club in Times Square. At Muddy’s trial,
the Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting the case calls Muddy’s
wife to the stand to testify as to what she heard Muddy say to a friend
who worked at B.B. King’s club and who is also on trial as a co-conspirator
of Muddy’s. May Muddy’s wife testify as to what she heard
Muddy say?
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Again, famous
bluesman Muddy Bathwaters is on trial in federal court in Manhattan for
conspiring to defraud B.B. King’s club in Times Square. At Muddy’s
trial, the Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting the case calls
Muddy’s wife to the stand to testify as to what Muddy said to her
about his business with B.B. King’s club. May Muddy’s wife
testify as to what she heard Muddy say?
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