NEWS AMERICAN v. STATE

[No. 105, September Term, 1981.]

294 Md. 30 (1982)

447 A.2d 1264

NEWS AMERICAN DIVISION, THE HEARST CORPORATION, INTERVENOR v. STATE OF MARYLAND ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Sherbow, with whom were William A. Agee and Sherbow, Shea & Tatelbaum, P.A. on the brief, for appellant.

Gary S. Offutt, Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


RODOWSKY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal we approve the trial court's having permitted a newspaper to intervene in companion criminal cases for the limited purpose of opposing the accuseds' request for an order restricting public comment by trial participants.

On March 20, 1981 two employees of a Baltimore restaurant, who had opened the premises that morning, were found murdered. The defendants, George Green and Willie L. Green, were...

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