1. Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits
the prosecution in a criminal trial to present testimony by a substitute forensic
expert conveying testimonial statements of a non-testifying forensic analyst on the
grounds that the testifying expert offers a purportedly "independent opinion."

2. Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel precludes a criminal
defendant's trial counsel from suggesting to a jury that trial counsel does not
believe the testimony of the defendant.

Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to present testimony by a substitute forensic expert conveying testimonial statements of a non-testifying analyst