With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". § 16-1005(b) provides: Notwithstanding § 14-306, in a hearing under this section, one spouse shall be a competent and compellable witness against the other and may testify as to confidential communications, but testimony compelled over a claim of privilege conferred by such section shall be inadmissible in evidence in a criminal trial over the objection of a spouse entitled to claim that privilege. 10 . D.C.Code § 16-2359(e) provides: Notwithstanding the provisions of D.C.Code §§ 14-306 and 14-307, neither the husband-wife privilege nor the physician-client or mental health professional-client privilege shall be a ground for excluding evidence in any proceeding brought under this subchapter. 11 . See Wyatt v. United States, 362 U.S. 525, 528, 80 S.Ct. 901, 903, 4 L.Ed.2d 931 (1960) (<HOLDING>); see also Trammel v. United States, 445 U.S.

A: holding that there is no spousal exception to the statute
B: recognizing an exception based on necessity to the federal privilege for adverse spousal testimony for cases in which one spouse commits a crime against the other mann act prosecution
C: holding that marital communications which arise from an act of violence by a spouse committed against the children of either spouse should constitute an exception to the marital privilege because such communications fail to satisfy the conditions underlying the creation of the privilege
D: recognizing privilege
B.