Opinion ID: 310289
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Heading: Claims of Procedural Error before and at trial.

Text: 90 Appellants make a number of other arguments concerning procedural steps. Some of the questions would be unlikely to be presented in the same posture in the event of a retrial. In one instance, we do agree that the district court made an erroneous ruling. 91 Circella was a government witness. The defense suggested that his testimony was motivated by a promise of immunity. On cross-examination he admitted meeting with Inspector Weber on a number of occasions in company with Circella's attorney. He said he did not remember the matter of immunity coming up and that the government had not made any promises to him for testifying. 92 The defense called the attorney as a witness and asked if he had been present at the meeting of Circella and the representatives of the government. He refused to answer on the ground of his client's instructions to assert the attorney-client privilege, and the court sustained his position. 93 We think it clear that the communications in the course of those meetings were not privileged. Leathers v. United States, 250 F.2d 159, 166 (9th Cir. 1957), citing Wigmore on Evidence, 3d Ed., Vol. 8, p. 602, Sec. 2311. 94 The judgments are reversed and the causes remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. 95