{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5916","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 5916","heading":"Confidential communications to attorney.","body":"In a criminal proceeding counsel shall not be competent or permitted to testify to confidential communications made to him by his client, nor shall the client be compelled to disclose the same, unless in either case this privilege is waived upon the trial by the client.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 59 DEPOSITIONS AND WITNESSES","SUBCHAPTER A WITNESSES GENERALLY CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS CIVIL MATTERS CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=59\u0026sctn=16\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"a95c83af40586d2920112bd23d70ce6bc3d4c69f10f8192a14b343143d73a087","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5915","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5917"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}