No. 24-1159
Jeffrey Clyde Pitts v. Mississippi
Tags: child-witness confrontation-clause constitutional-rights courtroom-screening criminal-procedure trial-procedure
Latest Conference:
2025-11-21
(distributed 8 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the use of a screen at trial that blocks a child witness's view of the defendant, without any individualized finding by the trial court that the screen is necessary to prevent trauma to the child
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Whe ther the Confrontation Clause permits the use of a screen at trial that blocks a child witness’s view of the defendant, without any individualized finding by the trial court that the screen is necessary to prevent trauma to the child .
Docket Entries
2025-12-29
Judgment and Mandate Issued.
2025-11-24
Petition GRANTED. Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED for further proceedings not inconsistent with the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1159_k536.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court. <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1159_k536.pdf'>Opinion</a> per curiam. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1159_k536.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2025-11-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
2025-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-10-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
2025-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-20
Electronic record received from the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
2025-08-18
Record Requested.
2025-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-08
Reply of petitioner Jeffrey Clyde Pitts filed.
2025-08-08
Reply of Jeffrey Clyde Pitts submitted.
2025-07-29
Brief of Mississippi in opposition submitted.
2025-07-28
Brief of respondent Mississippi in opposition filed.
2025-06-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 28, 2025.
2025-05-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 27, 2025 to July 28, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-05-30
Motion of Mississippi for an extension of time submitted.
2025-05-28
Response Requested. (Due June 27, 2025)
2025-05-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
2025-05-15
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2025-05-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 12, 2025)
Attorneys
Jeffrey Clyde Pitts
Stuart Banner — UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
Stuart Banner — UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
Mississippi