[rcxdude]

>If I hand wrote some notes in a notebook or diary, I wouldn't have to hand them over, as I understand it, even with no lawyer in the mix. Same if I wrote some notes in a text file on my computer.

Is that true? I would expect that any notes I have in any form could be requested during discovery (client-attorney priviledge being one of the few exceptions and narrower than people assume).

[another-dave]

I'm not American, but isn't this covered under the Work Protect Doctrine (as mentioned further down in the article)? Material prepared with an eye to litigation?

Though maybe not applicable here if the charge is criminal, I thought it was a civil case on first reading.