United States v. Shawn Tyrone Percy

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether a federal agent’s interrogation of Shawn Percy violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel because the interrogation occurred in the absence of counsel, but after Percy’s tribal arraignment on charges stemming from the same incident. We hold that the interrogation was proper because, even if Percy’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel attached at his tribal arraignment, Percy executed a valid waiver of that right before submitting to questioning by federal agents. We also conclude that Percy’s other claims of trial…