2025 term · Roberts Court · 9-0
Villarreal v. Texas
607 U.S. 465
The record
- Term
- 2025
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
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- Docket
- 24-557
- U.S. Reports
- 607 U.S. 465
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Holding
A trial court’s qualified conferral order that prohibits only discussion of the defendant’s testimony for its own sake during a midtestimony overnight recess permissibly balances the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel against the burden of offering unaltered trial testimony and does not violate the Constitution.
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Neil Gorsuch | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Amy Coney Barrett | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
Read the opinion
- supremecourt.govSlip opinionThe opinion as released by the Court, in slip form.
- JustiaFull opinion textThe majority, concurring and dissenting opinions as handed down.
- supremecourt.govDocket 24-557Filings, orders and the procedural history on the Court’s own docket.
- OyezCase pageArgument audio and the vote lineup, when Oyez has published them.