Opinion: Criminal defense counsel should understand that trial courts will rely on Villarreal v. Texas moving forward and ...

When a trial court recesses a criminal trial during a defendant’s testimony, the court may order the defendant and his lawyer not to discuss that testimony during the break except when it is ...

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that courts may place limitations on what a lawyer can discuss with his client during an overnight recess while the client is in the middle of testifying, finding ...