Jerry Deuntay Carr v. State of Mississippi

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant both .the right to confront and cross-examine the witnesses against him and the right to a fair trial by an impartial jury. In Jerry Deuntay Carr’s trial for capital murder,' we find both -of those rights were protected.

- ¶ 2. Contrary to Carr’s assertion; there was no Confrontation- Clause violation, despite the fact the DNA analyst who testified was not the one who' actually tested the blood samples. The testifying analyst had reviewed all testing procedures, performed his…