The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said that because the Sixth Amendment right to counsel is offense-specific, and attaches to charged and sufficiently related uncharged offenses, the police could not have interrogated Cobb and his confession was inadmissible.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said that because the Sixth Amendment right to counsel is offense-specific, and attaches to charged and sufficiently related uncharged offenses, not necessarily offenses'factually related' to those that have actually been charged. Thus, the police could not have interrogated Cobb and his confession was inadmissible.