Pitts v. Mississippi (607 U.S. 1)

The record

Term: 2025
Decided: Nov 24, 2025
Issue area: —
Vote split: —
Winning party: —
Decision direction: —
Chief Justice: —
Disposition: —
Docket: 24-1159
U.S. Reports: 607 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation: —
LEXIS citation: —
Opinion by: Per curiam

Holding

A defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to meet his accusers face to face may not be denied without case-specific findings of necessity, notwithstanding Mississippi’s right-to-screening statute, Miss. Code Ann. §99–43–101(2)(g).

Syllabus summary as published on the Supreme Court’s opinions list.

How the bench divided

No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.

Read the opinion

Name, docket, decision date, citation, syllabus summary and opinion author are taken from the Court’s slip opinion for the 2025 term. No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case. Verify against the opinion before relying on it as legal authority.