Villarreal v. Texas · ¶42

While not a model of clarity, the trial judge's order here did enough to tailor the “quality” of forbidden consultation, Padilla, 203 F. 3d, at 160, to the rule we discern from Geders and Perry. As the TCCA explained, the order prohibited Villarreal's lawyers from “managing” his “ongoing testimony.” 707 S. W. 3d, at 146. Forbidding that mode of discussion permissibly balanced the truth-seeking function of the trial against Villarreal's right to discuss protected topics with his lawyers.

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