HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this case, the en banc court decides the extent to which a trial court may instruct a criminal defendant not to confer with counsel during a recess which occurs during the defendant's testimony.
During Barney Earl Crutchfield's trial for armed robbery with a deadly weapon, the Florida trial judge instructed Crutchfield's counsel not to talk with him about his testimony:
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