Under the 6th Amendment in NY, the scope of the right to counsel for confessions covers what?

Under the 6th Amendment in NY, the scope of the right to counsel for confessions covers what?

• A. Only the charged crime
• B. All confessions, including offenses not charged
• C. Interrogations after trial
• D. Statements in front of a judge

Answer: (B)

The right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment is offense-specific and attaches once formal charges are brought. It protects the defendant during the proceedings for the charged offense, including pretrial interrogation about that offense, but it does not extend to offenses the defendant has not been charged with. So, the scope is confined to confessions about the charged crime (and related proceedings in that case), not to uncharged offenses. Interrogations about uncharged crimes aren’t covered by the Sixth Amendment’s counsel right (that area is addressed by other protections, such as the general right to counsel in custodial interrogation under the Fifth Amendment).

The right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment is offense-specific and attaches once formal charges are brought. It protects the defendant during the proceedings for the charged offense, including pretrial interrogation about that offense, but it does not extend to offenses the defendant has not been charged with. So, the scope is confined to confessions about the charged crime (and related proceedings in that case), not to uncharged offenses. Interrogations about uncharged crimes aren’t covered by the Sixth Amendment’s counsel right (that area is addressed by other protections, such as the general right to counsel in custodial interrogation under the Fifth Amendment).