The correct answer to this open question is the following.
This is the complete scenario: 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 a 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 ABA's model rules of professional conduct, your duty is to: maintain the confidentiality of your communications with your client.
ABA stands for America Bar Association Model of Rules of Professional Conduct. This code was created by the American Bar Association to establish guidelines of legal ethics and professional conduct among lawyers. These guidelines are suggestions that appeal to the moral of the lawyer, to its ethics and values.
