WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a trial court did not violate a Texas man’s constitutional rights by limiting conversations with his lawyer during an overnight recess in the middle of his testimony.
Criminal defendants have a right to legal counsel under the Sixth Amendment, but the high court said those protections are limited when the defendant assumes some of the burdens of a testifying witness.
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