You are an attorney, and the local court has appointed you to represent a defendant who has been charged with aggravated assault and battery. The prosecutor originally intended to charge attempted murder. The victim suffered serious injury, and the police suspected that a weapon of some type was used, but never was able to find one. The defendant has maintained that there was no weapon. 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.
Answer: C
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