Villarreal v. Texas · ¶54

The conferral order here prevented only one thing during the overnight recess that bifurcated Villarreal's testimony: Villarreal's lawyers could not manage his ongoing testimony in light of the testimony he had already given. Such management amounts to discussion of testimony qua testimony and therefore falls on the unprotected side of the line we discern from our precedents. Accordingly, the conferral order did not ban or impermissibly chill constitutionally protected consultation. The judgment of the TCCA is affirmed.

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