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Jeffrey Clyde Pitts v. Mississippi
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2021-CT-00740-SCT · judgment March 20, 2025
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
For respondent
Ashley Lauren Sulser
Office of the Mississippi Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 8 conferences
Proceedings
- Dec 29 2025Judgment and Mandate Issued.
- Nov 24 2025Petition GRANTED. Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED for further proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion of the Court. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion)
- Nov 17 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Nov 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
- Nov 03 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
- Oct 14 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
- Oct 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Aug 27 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 20 2025Electronic record received from the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
- Aug 18 2025Record Requested.
- Aug 13 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 08 2025Reply of petitioner Jeffrey Clyde Pitts filed.
- Jul 28 2025Brief of respondent Mississippi in opposition filed.
- Jun 02 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 28, 2025.
- May 30 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 27, 2025 to July 28, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 28 2025Response Requested. (Due June 27, 2025)
- May 20 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
- May 15 2025Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
- May 09 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 12, 2025)