No. 25-6885
Jeffrey Dale Busby v. Mississippi
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure expert-testimony forensic-evidence hearsay sixth-amendment
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation
Clause allows a State to introduce forensic laboratory
testing through a technical reviewer who neither per-formed nor observed the testing first-hand, and whose
testimony depends on the truth of an absent analyst's
statements.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
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
Docket Entries
2026-04-15
Amicus brief of DUI Defense Lawyers Association submitted.
2026-03-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 15, 2026.
2026-03-17
Motion of Mississippi for an extension of time submitted.
2026-03-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 15, 2026 to May 15, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2026-03-16
Response Requested. (Due April 15, 2026)
2026-03-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
2026-03-02
Waiver of Mississippi of right to respond submitted.
2026-03-02
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2026-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 26, 2026)
2026-01-30
Application (25A850) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 25, 2026.
2026-01-22
Application (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.
Attorneys
DUI Defense Lawyers Association
Michelle Lynn Behan — The Behan Law Group, PLLC, Amicus
Jeffrey Dale Busby
Tobias Samuel Loss-Eaton — Sidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
Mississippi