United States Fourth Circuit

Federal and state crimes are necessarily separate offenses for the purposes of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Further, the filing of a federal criminal complaint does not trigger the Sixth Amendment right.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/31/2006
• Decided 03/13/2006
• Published 03/13/2006

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mark Howard Bodner, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellant.   Kelli Hamby Ferry, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Michael J. Elston, Assistant United States Attorney, Ian R. Conner, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.