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RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. COM.

Record Nos. 801370, 801580, 810666, 801198 and 801199.

281 S.E.2d 915 (1981)

RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, et al. The FREE LANCE-STAR OF FREDERICKSBURG, et al. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, et al. RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, et al. In re RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC. In re RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Wellford, Richmond (Andrew J. Brent, William F. Etherington, Richmond, Russell H. Roberts, Fredericksburg, Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Richmond, Roberts & Ashby, Fredericksburg, on briefs), for appellant.

Walter H. Ryland, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

At issue in these cases is whether the public and the press have a constitutional right to attend pretrial proceedings in criminal cases, and, if so, how that right should be balanced against an accused's constitutional right to a fair trial. This conflict between fair trial and free press is "almost as old as the Republic." Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart, 427 U.S. 539

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