Bill > HB354

This bill amends Georgia law regarding attorney-client communications, specifically addressing privileged communications when a client is incarcerated. The legislation modifies Code Section 24-5-501 to explicitly exclude from evidence any telephonic or electronic communications between an attorney and a client who is being held in a penal institution (as defined in Code Section 16-10-56). By adding this language, the bill appears to create a new restriction on using communications between lawyers and prisoners as potential evidence in legal proceedings. The change suggests a desire to protect the confidentiality of attorney-client communications, even when the client is institutionalized, by preventing such communications from being introduced as evidence. This modification aims to preserve the fundamental legal principle of attorney-client privilege, ensuring that prisoners can communicate freely and candidly with their legal representatives without fear that those conversations might be used against them in court.

Justice

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70116