Opinion ID: 2178846
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Heading: Deposition of defendant's husband.

Text: Prior to trial, and over the defendant's objection, the trial court granted the State's request that she be ordered to inform the State whether her husband would testify at trial or exercise the inter-spousal communication privilege of section 622.9, The Code. She responded that he would testify; the State then took his deposition. The defendant contends this was error, because there is no authority to force her to disclose whether or not her spouse would testify nor to take his deposition in the face of the privilege. The deposition was not used in the State's case in chief but apparently had been taken, and presumably used, for impeaching the husband's testimony during cross-examination. The defendant does not show, or even claim, any prejudice because of the alleged error. Prejudice must be shown before any such error will require reversal. See State v. Pepples, 250 N.W.2d 390, 394 (Iowa 1977) (spouse's evidence cumulative; held not reversible error); State v. Donovan, 263 N.W. 516, 517 (Iowa 1935). The only deposition testimony of the defendant's husband which is directed to our attention by her on this appeal relates to his name and address. If there is any prejudice to defendant under this record, she has failed to point it out to us. We find no reversible error; we therefore affirm the trial court. AFFIRMED.