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Suicide Notes Not Protected by Marital Privilege—Substance Had Been Revealed to Third Parties

The Second Department determined that suicide notes left by the defendant were not protected by the marital privilege:

“One spouse may not, without consent, disclose a confidential communication made by the other during marriage (CPLR 4502 [b]; CPL 60.10)” … .. While a suicide note can be a communication made during marriage for the purpose of the privilege …, the spousal privilege falls “when the substance of a communication . . . is revealed to third parties” … . Here, the substance of the communication between the defendant and his wife of his intention to commit suicide through taking large quantities of Xanax was revealed by the defendant to Officer Johnstone, his neighbor, and the nurse who happened upon the scene of the accident. In addition, the defendant left the notes on the kitchen counter and directly addressed his children, as well as his wife, in one of the notes. Thus, the Supreme Court properly determined that the notes were not protected by the marital privilege … . People Jacob, 2014 NY Slip Op 03861, 2nd Dept 5-28-14

 

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