My daughter was pulled over for operating a mv while  impaired in April 2007.   We could not afford an attorney for her so she

had a court appointed defense attorney.   She had been in counceling and seeing an MD for a perscription pain killer addition

for three  years.   She signed a release of medical information to her court appointed defense attorney.   The information which

was released to him only,  showed up in  the court documents, which I beleive affected her outcome of sentencing.  She is 

currently serving thirty days in an inpatient rehab, then thirty days in a half way house in place of jail.   It seems to me that the

court appointed attorney representing her , breached  attorney -client confidentially by releasing the medical information to

the courts.   It seems to me he was representing the courts and not her!