180 Md. App. 1 - Lancaster v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The motion court acknowledged the possibility that, after reviewing [the protected] information, defense counsel might find a need to discuss an aspect of the protected information with his client before the trial, in order to determine plea and trial strategy. Lancaster reads the court’s order, however, as limiting the “the type of clarification and modification it would consider ... to circumstances in which witness statements and identities could be shared with Lancaster ‘without him being able to determine the witness’ identification.’ ” After reviewing the bench ruling and written order in context, we conclude that Lancaster construes it too narrowly. The motion court explicitly invited defense counsel to seek reconsideration and/or clarification of the protective order in the event counsel developed a specific concern following disclosure of the protected information to counsel. Defense counsel had the protected information for nearly two months before trial, but did not seek modification or clarification of the protective order as it pertained to any of the disclosed information. Cf. United States v. Padilla, 203 F.3d 156 (2d Cir.)(protective order temporarily barring counsel from informing clients about investigation into allegations of witness and jury tampering was lifted when it became relevant to their witness-selection decisions and to the nature of the anticipated cross-examination if defendants were to testify), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 832 , 121 S.Ct. 86 , 148 L”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lancaster v. State