No. 25-7635October Term 2025Before Arguments
Damian Desmond Buck, aka Damien Buck, Petitioner v. Mississippi
from the Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
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.
- Case path
Court of Appeals of Mississippi / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology