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IN RE PENNINGTON

Nos. 49,268, 49,660

224 Kan. 573 (1978)

581 P.2d 812

STATE OF KANSAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MILDA R. SANDSTROM, Defendant-Appellant, IN RE THE APPLICATION OF JOE PENNINGTON. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JOE PENNINGTON FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. F.T. (JIM) CHAFFEE, SHERIFF OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Hall, of Adams, Jones, Robinson and Malone, Chartered, of Wichita, and Carl C. Monk, of the New York bar, argued the cause, and were on the brief for the appellant.

Frank Yeoman, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Curt T. Schneider, attorney general, and Gene M. Olander, district attorney, were on the brief for the appellee.

Carl C. Monk was on the brief of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas as amicus curiae.

Gerrit H. Wormhoudt, of Wichita, was on the brief of the Wichita Eagle & Beacon Publishing Co., Inc., as amicus curiae.

Michael D. Gragert and Russell W. Davisson, of Wichita, were on the brief of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, as amicus curiae.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

OWSLEY, J.:

This is an appeal from the trial court's finding that petitioner Joe Pennington, a news reporter, was in direct criminal contempt for refusing to disclose the identity of a confidential news source. Petitioner filed a direct appeal and a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the court of appeals. The writ was denied. (In re Pennington,

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