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Jeffrey Dale Busby v. Mississippi
IFP petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2024-KA-00482-SCT · judgment November 13, 2025
GVR'd · June 22, 2026
Question presented
Whether the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause allows a State to introduce forensic laboratory testing through a technical reviewer who neither performed nor observed the testing first-hand, and whose testimony depends on the truth of an absent analyst’s statements. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Tobias Samuel Loss-Eaton
Sidley Austin LLP
For respondent
Barbara Wakeland Byrd
Mississippi Attorney General's Office
Proceedings
- Jul 24 2026Judgment and Mandate Issued.
- Jun 22 2026Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of the position asserted by Mississippi in its brief filed on May 14, 2026.
- Jun 03 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
- Jun 02 2026Reply of petitioner Jeffrey Dale Busby filed. (Distributed)
- May 14 2026Brief of respondent Mississippi in opposition filed.
- Apr 15 2026Brief amicus curiae of DUI Defense Lawyers Association filed.
- Mar 19 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 15, 2026.
- Mar 17 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 15, 2026 to May 15, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 16 2026Response Requested. (Due April 15, 2026)
- Mar 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Mar 02 2026Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
- Feb 19 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 26, 2026)
- Jan 30 2026Application (25A850) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 25, 2026.
- Jan 22 2026Application (25A850) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 11, 2026 to February 25, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.