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Stephen Joseph Johnson v. Montana
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Montana, No. DA 23-0581 · judgment February 24, 2026
4%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
(petition-stage, structural)
GVR risk 3%
Roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weights 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
What is the appropriate standard for assessing whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits a prosecution witness to testify by two-way video?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
For respondent
Christian B. Corrigan
Montana Department of Justice
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jul 10 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 4, 2026.
- Jul 09 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2026 to September 4, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 06 2026Response Requested. (Due August 5, 2026)
- Jun 24 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- May 06 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 10, 2026)