Pitts v. Mississippi · ¶22

Finally, the court noted that the child witness and lawyers in Craig were placed in a different room from the defendant, with cross-examination conducted over closed-circuit television. 405 So. 3d, at 1251. In this case, by contrast, everyone remained in the courtroom, the witness and defendant separated only by a screen. Id., at 1244, 1251. But both approaches deviate from the Sixth Amendment's usual rule that a defendant is entitled to meet his accusers “face to face.” See Coy, 487 U. S., at 1016; Craig, 497 U. S., at 844. And both thus require a case-specific finding of necessity. Id., at 855.

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