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David Swims v. Mississippi

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Mississippi, No. 2023-KA-01244-COA · judgment August 5, 2025


Pending

Question presented

Whether the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause permits a State to introduce forensic pathology results and an autopsy through a surrogate pathologist who neither performed nor observed the autopsy first-hand, and whose testimony depends on the truth of an absent pathologist’s statements.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stacy Leah Ferraro
Stacy Ferraro

For respondent
Allison Elizabeth Horne
Mississippi Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jul 02 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Jun 26 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
  3. May 22 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 16, 2026)