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e legacy of the poor treatment of crime victims in the criminal Bustice] process." 150 Cong. Rec. S4269 (daily ed. Apr. 22, 2004) (statement of Sen. Feinstein). In any event, the VRRA did not contain any "right to confer," or a "right to be treated with fairness. and thus it does not provide guidance for

t for Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel purposes, that a "prosecution" does not begin with the criminal complaint's filing. See P. United States v. Alvarado, 440 F.3d 191, 199-200 (4th Cir. 2006) ("The filing of a federal criminal complaint does not commence a formal prosecution."); see also, e.g., ‘I

Orrin Hatch filed an amicus brief in support of our Court's rehearing en bane the Panel's erroneous statutory interpretation of the CVRA. Senators Feinstein and Kyl drafted and, along with Senator Hatch, co-sponsored the CVRA. See Senators' Amicus Br. at I. All three senators served on the Senate Judic

ates v. States, 652 F.3d 734. 741- 42 (7th Cir. 2011) (same); United States v. Boskic, 545 F.3d 69, 82—84 (1st Cir. 2008) (same); United States v. Alvarado, 440 F.3d 191, 199-200 (4th Cir. 2006) (same). Rather, the Sixth Amendment right doesn't attach—because a "prosecution" doesn't begin—until, at the

r its conclusion. But, here again, its analysis is misleading. OLC relies on a passage from Senate floor colloquy between Senators Jon Kyl and Dianne Feinstein regarding the CVRA’s scope. In OLC’s recounting of the legislative history, the floor statements “emphasize that the nght to confer relates to the co

etween misdemeanor and 65 OLC CVRA Rights Memo, supra note 2, at 14 (quoting 18 U.S.C. § 3771(d\(3) (2012)). °° Id. 67 Td. (citing United States v. Alvarado, 440 F.3d 191, 200 (4th Cir. 2006)). 68 Wayne R. LAFAVE ET AL., CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 1.2(g), at 11 (Sth ed. 2009) (emphasis added). © OLC CVRA Righ

, 172-73 (2001). 1 Brewer v. Williams, 430 U.S. 387, 398 (1977) (quoting Kirby v. Illinois, 406 U.S. 2, 689 (1972)). 1© See, e.g., United States v. Alvarado, 440 F.3d 191, 196 (4th Cir. 2006). 7 OLC CVRA Rights Memo, supra note 2, at 14 n.15 (citing Hanrahan v. United States, 348 F.2d 363, 366 n.6 (D.C.