Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly held that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not attach once the United States has focused its case on indicting the person and away from its investigation, but before those planned formal charges have issued, in contradiction with this Court's holding and three other circuit courts of appeals that have held that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel can attach prior to the issuance of formal charges.

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches before formal charges are filed