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:

a. report the information to the prosecution.
b. call your defendant to the witness stand and let him decide for himself whether he will reveal the fact that there was a weapon.
c. maintain the confidentiality of your communications with your client.
d. the Model Rules do not address this situation.


c

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