Question

You are an attorney, and the local court has appointed you to represent a defendant who has been charged with aggravated assault and battery. the prosecutor originally intended to charge attempted murder. the victim suffered serious injury, and the police suspected that a weapon of some type was used, but never was able to find one. the defendant has maintained that there was no weapon. your client tells you that there really was a weapon and that the police missed it at the crime scene. according to the aba's model rules of professional conduct, your duty is to:

Answer 1

According to the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, your duty is to "maintain the confidentiality of your communications with your client".

The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct were embraced by the ABA House of Delegates in 1983. They fill in as models for the morals guidelines of generally wards. Prior to the selection of the Model Rules, the ABA model was the 1969 Model Code of Professional Responsibility.