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SHIRAS v. BRITT

No. 78-34.

589 S.W.2d 18 (1979)

Ginger SHIRAS and Arkansas Gazette Company, Petitioners, v. Henry M. BRITT, Circuit Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose, Nash, Williamson, Carroll, Clay & Giroir, Little Rock, for petitioners.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by Martin J. Nevrla, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for respondent.

BYRD, Justice.

During the conspiracy to murder trial of Rodney Coston, and out of the hearing of the jury, respondent Henry M. Britt, Circuit Judge, excluded the public and the press from a "Denno" hearing conducted pursuant to Ark.Stat.Ann. § 43-2105 (Repl.1977). The respondent, on one other occasion during a proffer for the record of testimony held to be inadmissible, ruled that petitioner Ginger Shiras could remain present during the proffer only upon...

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