A Massachusetts trial judge has indicated that he might ask an appeals court whether the state’s lawyer-conduct rules require prosecutors to seek judicial approval to subpoena attorney records from a third party such as a bank.
During a hearing Tuesday in Commonwealth v. Forlizzi, defense attorney Bernard Grossberg, assistant attorney general Peter Mullin and an American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts lawyer debated that question.
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