Whether, for purposes of determining if an accused's Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated, a jail informant is considered a state agent where police expressly authorize the informant to record conversations with the accused about his pending case, equip the informant with a recording device and secure the recordings as evidence that is then used against the accused at trial.

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated when a jail informant recorded conversations with the accused about his pending case after being authorized and equipped by police