Legal Opinion
Texas v. Cobb
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 17, 2001No. 99-1702PublishedCited by 413 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches not only to the offense with which he is charged, but to other offenses “closely related factually” to the charged offense. We hold that our decision in McNeil v. Wisconsin, 501 U. S. 171 (1991), meant what it said, and that the Sixth Amendment right is “offense specific.”
In December 1993, Lindsey Owings reported to the Walker County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office that the home he *165shared with his wife, Margaret, and their 16-month-old daughter, Kori Rae, had been burglarized. He also…
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